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a plague. The people of Essex who live in 

 the neighbourhood of the Thames are at present 

 disturbed by myriads of mosquitos. The 

 hospitals are all day busy attending to cases, 

 many of which are of a very serious nature. . . . 

 An old lady who was bitten has died. One of 

 the house-surgeons at the West Ham Hospital 

 has had to discontinue work as the result of a 

 bitten wrist. Not a member of the staff has 

 escaped without a bite. A garden-party which 

 was recently held came to a premature and 

 hurried conclusion, the guests, among whom was 

 a bishop, having to beat a hasty retreat from a 

 cloud of these little pests." 



The best time for fishing is from about the 

 middle of June to the beginning of August. 

 There are many little lakes in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Blackstone said to be teeming 

 with fish. We passed on our way through the bush 

 Little Bass Lake on the left, and White Fish 

 Lake, covering about 300 acres, on the right. 

 Horse-shoe Lake also lies in this direction, and 

 is much nearer. This sheet of water covers about 

 250 acres, and has the reputation for excellent 

 trout-fishing. There are four islands on Horse- 

 shoe Lake, the largest being about four acres 



