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beverage I recommend fresh lime juice, and I 
advise every settler to plant three or four lime 
trees, in order to supply himself. I do not know 
why limes should not be grown for the export of the 
juice ; but, as no one seems to have tried it, I have 
not mentioned this as one of the existing or probable 
industries of the colony. 
Every settler should make himself familiar with 
the facts as to the spread and prevention of yellow 
fever, malaria, and ankylostoma. 
Yellow fever is of very rare occurrence, and is 
even less likely to be met with now, in view of the 
precautions taken in all the towns. But every 
naan should make himself acquainted with the 
appearance of the stegomyia fasciata (or stegomyia 
cal opus), which transmits it. And he should have 
some kind of magnifying glass to examine 
mosquitoes with. There are many kinds of 
mosquitoes, with striped legs and bodies, which are 
not stegomyia, and which it is hopeless to attempt 
to exterminate. But the stegomyia fasciata, if not 
too much crushed, can be recognised by its peculiar 
markings, and fortunately it is comparatively easy 
to get rid of it. It does not fly any great dis¬ 
tance,, and it ought to be possible for any planter 
to keep his buildings free of it, so as to make an 
outbreak of yellow fever on his plantation an 
impossibility. 
The anopheles , or malaria-carrying mosquito, is 
also one which fortunately does not fly for long 
distances, and from its peculiar way of alighting 
on anything it is easily recognised; and it is quite 
possible, with care, to prevent its breeding within 
reach of your buildings. Care in this matter will 
amply repay the planter, as otherwise his labourers 
will have many ineffective days from sickness. 
Ankylostomiasis is very rare among whites and 
negroes in British Honduras. It is prevalent in a 
