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  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Emil 
  P. 
  Albrecht 
  

   LOOKING 
  SEAWARD 
  FROM 
  BEHIND 
  THE 
  CATHEDRAE 
  ROCKS 
  

   (SEE 
  also 
  ILLUSTRATION 
  on 
  page 
  5). 
  

  

  in 
  sight, 
  swam 
  in 
  great 
  multitudes 
  from 
  

   one 
  island 
  to 
  another, 
  leaving 
  havoc 
  in 
  

   their 
  train. 
  

  

  Cats 
  were 
  introduced, 
  but 
  to 
  no 
  im- 
  

   mediate 
  purpose. 
  Even 
  the 
  fish 
  took 
  part 
  

   in 
  resisting 
  the 
  rats, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   finny 
  tribe 
  were 
  caught 
  with 
  rats 
  in 
  their 
  

   stomachs. 
  Suddenly 
  they 
  disappeared 
  as 
  

   they 
  had 
  come 
  and 
  left 
  nothing 
  but 
  a 
  

   plague 
  of 
  cats, 
  with 
  their 
  night-blooming 
  

   characteristics, 
  as 
  a 
  reminder 
  of 
  this 
  

   rodent 
  visitation. 
  

  

  Mark 
  Twain, 
  speaking 
  of 
  this 
  feature 
  

   of 
  Bermuda, 
  says 
  : 
  

  

  "Yon 
  may 
  march 
  the 
  country 
  roads 
  in 
  

   maiden 
  meditation, 
  fancy 
  free, 
  by 
  field 
  or 
  

   farm, 
  but 
  no 
  dog 
  will 
  plunge 
  out 
  at 
  you 
  

   from 
  unsuspected 
  gate, 
  with 
  breath-tak- 
  

  

  ing 
  surprise, 
  of 
  fero- 
  

   cious 
  bark, 
  notwith- 
  

   standing 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  Chris- 
  

   tian 
  land 
  and 
  civil- 
  

   ized. 
  

  

  "We 
  saw 
  upwards 
  

   of 
  a 
  million 
  cats 
  in 
  

   Bermuda, 
  but 
  the 
  

   people 
  are 
  very 
  ab- 
  

   stemious 
  in 
  the 
  mat- 
  

   ter 
  of 
  dogs. 
  Two 
  

   or 
  three 
  nights 
  we 
  

   prowled 
  the 
  country 
  

   far 
  and 
  wide, 
  and 
  

   never 
  once 
  were 
  ac- 
  

   costed 
  by 
  a 
  dog. 
  It 
  

   was 
  a 
  great 
  privilege 
  

   to 
  visit 
  such 
  a 
  land. 
  

   The 
  cats 
  were 
  no 
  of- 
  

   fense 
  when 
  properly 
  

   distributed, 
  but 
  when 
  

   piled 
  they 
  obstructed 
  

   travel." 
  

  

  The 
  insects 
  are 
  not 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  numerous 
  

   or 
  troublesome 
  as 
  in 
  

   the 
  tropics, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   summer 
  time 
  the 
  ants 
  

   and 
  mosquitoes 
  do 
  

   swarm 
  and 
  are 
  ag- 
  

   gressive. 
  Some 
  Ber- 
  

   mudians 
  cherish 
  the 
  

   idea 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  

   no 
  troubles 
  of 
  this 
  

   kind. 
  

  

  Mark 
  Twain 
  said: 
  

   "We 
  had 
  mosquito 
  

   nets 
  and 
  the 
  Rever- 
  

   end 
  (i. 
  e., 
  his 
  com- 
  

   panion) 
  said 
  the 
  mos- 
  

   quitoes 
  persecuted 
  him 
  a 
  good 
  deal. 
  I 
  

   often 
  heard 
  him 
  slapping 
  and 
  banging 
  at 
  

   these 
  imaginary 
  creatures 
  with 
  as 
  much 
  

   zeal 
  as 
  if 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  real. 
  There 
  are 
  

   no 
  mosquitoes 
  in 
  the 
  Bermudas 
  in 
  May." 
  

  

  BERMUDA 
  SPIDERS 
  ARE 
  TERRIBLE 
  IN 
  SIZE 
  

  

  ONLY 
  

  

  The 
  spiders 
  are 
  terrible 
  in 
  size, 
  but 
  

   beautiful 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  innocuous 
  in 
  

   fact. 
  A 
  fervent 
  scientist 
  writes 
  : 
  "The 
  

   spiders 
  would 
  give 
  entertainment 
  to 
  any 
  

   enthusiast 
  for 
  months, 
  for 
  their 
  name 
  is 
  

   legion." 
  As 
  Mark 
  Twain 
  says 
  of 
  them: 
  

  

  "We 
  saw 
  no 
  bugs 
  or 
  reptiles, 
  and 
  so 
  I 
  

   was 
  thinking 
  of 
  saying 
  in 
  print, 
  in 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  way, 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  none 
  at 
  all 
  ; 
  but 
  

   one 
  night, 
  after 
  I 
  had 
  gone 
  to 
  bed, 
  the 
  

  

  