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MOSQUITO 



Germs of malaria live inside the bodies of one kind of 

 mosquito. When these mosquitoes bite a person, they may 



leave some of the germs 

 beneath his skin, and so 

 may cause him to have 

 malaria. 



How to get rid of Mos- 

 quitoes. — We can not get 

 at full-grown mosquitoes 

 to kill many of them, but 

 we can easily kill the 

 wigglers in the water. 

 Since mosquitoes usually 

 live only a few days, a 

 place will soon be free 



from them if we keep 

 Father Mosquito (Magnified) ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^ 



away from the water where they are hatched. We can do this 

 by emptying cans and pails and barrels of water in which 

 wigglers might grow. We can drain the pools, or we can 

 stock them with fish which eat the wigglers. We can keep 

 the water of stagnant marshes covered with kerosene or other 

 oil so that the wigglers can not get air. Since some mosquitoes 

 may be bred in partly filled vases and bouquet holders in our 

 houses, we should change the water in them every day or two. 



