MOSQUITO COAST 



MOSSES 



i 



1VLOS SE S 



3C 



The Broom Moss. 



The Spread-Leaved 

 Peat- Moss. 



Hairy 



A Thai I oid Hepatic. 



of these beautiful insects. Protecting them and 

 encouraging their multiplication by artificial 

 means is one of the plans now being developed. 

 When iMi an- introduced into ponds and pools 

 there is always a speedy decrease in the i: 

 quito population; top minnows, stickleback-, 

 sunfish, bass, trout and baby perch are par- 

 irly good crusaders. The cooperation of 

 frogs, toads, newts, turtles, bats and swallows 

 is likewise worth encouraging. in. 



Consult Howard's Mosquitoes; .Mit.-i..-11's Mos- 

 I'ifc; Ross's Reduction of Domestic 3/oa- 

 quitoca. 



it. I.-. i.. i ^iii.ji-i-i-. The read- 

 lowing articles In these volumes: 

 Malaria 

 Pupa 



Onat Y.-II..W r. 



Larva 



MOSQUITO COAST, a district on the east- 

 ern en I-- .'"-tiding along tin- 



l>OUt200l: il)OUt 



1655 to 1850 it was governed by a chief .f the 



Mosquito tribe of ! hut Was under the 



110111111:1! control of Great Brit un. 'I : 

 was for . ..f diploniiitic con- 



aitcd States and the re- 

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publics of Central America denied England's 

 right to assume control. To avert any danger 

 of war the 

 Clayton - Huhver 

 Treaty (which 

 see) was con- 

 cluded in 1850 

 between the 

 rnited States and 

 (Ireaf Britain, but 

 under a treaty 

 ratified on August 

 24, 1906, tli. 

 1850 



was annulled and 



Nicaragua was 



m\en the riuht to exercise absolute authority 



the ti 'IT i lory. It is now known as the de- 



i. and \\as so named for a 



raKuaii >1al-maii. Tin- rhn f tOWQ, \\lncli 

 has about 5,000 inhabitant-. i> lilnelields. Popu- 

 lation of i hi- territory, about 15,000. See NlCA- 



MOSS'ES, soft, unin I it lie plants, growing 

 so r! ;:iall green 



pads, or cushions. There are many hundred \ a- 



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