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NUISANCES, INHUMAN ANT) HUMAN. PETS - THE CHAEM 

 OF COUNTRY LIFE. 



You ll never be troubled 

 with them. You may be surprised to hear 

 it, but musquitoes at Flushing never come into the 

 house. They will often be plenty outside, but they 

 disappear the moment your foot touches the piazza. 

 Another strange thing about them is, that they may 

 be abundant in the grass, and, as you walk through, 

 may rise up in thousands, but they seem to be fright 

 ened at man, and fly away at once without waiting 

 to bite. It is my opinion they get some other kind 

 of food, and are too well supplied to overcome the 

 instinctive animal repugnance to a human being.&quot; 



Thus remarked Weeville, in his usual enthusiastic 

 way over every thing that &quot; lives, moves, or has its 

 being&quot; in or about Flushing, and no one who heard 

 him could doubt for a moment his firm conviction in 

 the entire accuracy of his statements. Historic truth, 



