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annoyance in ttiis country ; one species, called vincudo, is reckoned 

 particularly troublesome. It is said that in the hot season especially, 

 they become so intolerable in the houses, that the inhabitants Hy 

 Avith their sleeping-mats to the sea-shore, in order to enjoy in the 

 tresh sea-air, some remission from the attacks of these troublesome 

 insects. 



