THE MOSQUITO 



DO mosquitos bite? The 

 question has exercised me 

 much, and it is painfully clear 

 to my mind that modern 

 science has made it more 

 difficult to answer than it was before. Formerly it was 

 thought right to believe that everything in nature had a 

 definite use. To be was not end enough ; there must be a 

 raison d'etre; and the reason, should, if possible, have to do 

 with the welfare of man, who, as everybody knew, was the 

 Lord of Creation. Holding this faith we could explain 

 mosquitos in many ways. Mr. Phil Robinson is, perhaps, 

 guilty of flippancy when he asserts that they were intended 

 to teach man humility; but there is much in favour of 



