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The Animal Kingdom. 
alkali, in fluid form, applied to the wound, and five drops dis. 
solved in water to be drunk. Wild bees are numerous, and 
their wax and honey are sometimes exported. Before using the 
honey, however, the emigrants should first learn from the natives 
how to distinguish that which is made from the poisonous plants. 
There is a great variety of butterflies. The fireflies are ex¬ 
ceedingly brilliant. Cockroaches, ants, caterpillars, grass¬ 
hoppers, mosquitoes, wasps, locusts, moths, sand-flies, fleas, 
bugs, lice, weevils, chiques, and ticks, and other members of 
the same family, will also be found in every part of the Island. 
Mosquitoes are as noisy, but not so annoying as their American 
compatriots. Cockroaches and ants are the greatest pests to 
housekeepers; they eat clothing and books with an extraordinary 
gluttony. 
REPTILES. 
Of the reptiles, the lizard is the most common; there is every 
variety of them, but all of them are innoxious. Alligators 
and caymans are occasionally seen in the rivers. Frogs and 
toads are numerous. Turtles are counted by the million. The 
serpent family is rarely met with; there are but very few snakes, 
and they are not venomous. The most beautiful of the native 
snakes is the magdalena. 
