The Daddy-Long-Legs 
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spots drained, and their millions of tenants 
evicted. What the swamps of Western 
Africa and South America represent in 
fevers, and insect terrors, so in a minor 
degree do our undrained spots at home 
spell whole hosts of evils which might 
be done away, including the propagation 
of that unwelcome alien, the mosquito. 
What a lot of land that is now waste — 
too wet to be of any use — might be again 
utilised if properly drained. How many a 
desert might blossom as the rose, much 
to the profit of the owner and the dis- 
comfiture of Mrs. Daddy-Long-Legs, who 
will have to move on ; and where 
she is not, her hungry little offspring will 
be absent. Look at the facts fairly 
and squarely, so that baneful as is this 
destructive nuisance, the very things 
necessary for its destruction are the 
identical things that are necessary for 
successful tillage of the ground. If it 
does enjoy its little life for a short space 
in a way that is inimical apparently to the 
best interests of man, yet in a way it seems 
to immolate its little form on the altar 
of science, by reminding us, If you wish to 
