Recognised them at once.
We were all telling mosquito •tariet at New Jersey summer nefort, \«beJM>ne particularly audacious matt «*id ; i-« Oh, that's nothing. 1 ww off the coast of Barnegat last lommejr on a fisnfog trip, and while
we were out on deck early in the evening, smoking and chatting, a great cloud of mosquitoes, all of them monstrous birds, came out from shore and settled on the boat ; and do you know* in fifteen minutes they had stripped it of every inch of canvas, and left the mast 9 bare as beanpoles !" We held up our hands in deprecation at this tale, when m other of the party exclaimed—" * /ell, don't be astonished, I can vouch lor that. It was only a Week after that I was on a trip along the epast* and the same swarm of mosquitos came but after us."
The first speaker didn't seem to appreciate this unexpected support, for he muttered—" Humph ! They did, eh ? Well, how did you know they were the same mosquitoes, eh T
••How did I know?" repeated the other with a chuckle. "How did I know ? Why, they all had no canvas overalls."
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Manawatu Herald, 20 June 1895, Page 3
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