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CHAPTER VIII. 



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Remedies Against Mosquitoes, 167 



Remedial Work Against the Early Stages, . . .170 

 The Use of Kerosene on Breeding Pools, . . .171 



Other Substances Against the Early Stages of Mos- 

 quitoes, . . . . . . . . .193 



The Abolition of Breeding Places by Drainage or by 



Filling, .198 



Introduction of Fish into Fishing Ponds, . . .211 



Remedies Against Adult Mosquitoes 211 



Eucalyptus, 215 



The Castor-oil Plant, 217 



Remedies for the Bites, 218 



CHAPTER IX. 

 How TO Collect and Preserve Mosquitoes, . . . 220 



CHAPTER X. 



The Classification of the United States Mosquitoes, 229 



