Vlll CONTENTS. 



Means of destroying it, 306. The Cheese-Maggots, 306. Eaten 

 by some People as a Delicacy, 306. Description of them, 307. 

 The Flea, 308, Argument that the Flea is a Dipterous Insect, 

 308. Its Abode, and how to get clear of it, 308. How Fleas orig- 

 inate, 308. Process of their Development, 309. Description of 

 the Flea, 309. Its astonishing muscular Power, 310. Its native 

 Country, 310. Dissatisfaction of a Prussian Emigrant, 310. Of 

 the Sand-Flea, 311. Description of it, 311. Size of the Female, 

 312. Her Injuries, 312. A Capuchin Monk's unfortunate Ex- 

 periment, 313. Of Mosquitoes, 313. Sufferings from Mosquitoes 

 on the Bank of the Kuban, 314. The Czernomorzi, or Cossacks 

 of the Black Sea, 314. Telegraphs on the Frontier of Circassia, 

 315. Hospitality of Captain Wasil Iwanovich, 316. Mosquitoes 

 killing Horses, Oxen, Sheep, and Hogs, 317. Mosquitoes of the 

 Tropics of America, 317. The Mosquito of North America, 318. 

 Their Venom, and Remedies against it, 318. Development of 

 their Eggs, 318. Their Metamorphosis, 319. 



