Sept. 5, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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HAWAII’S FEW PESTS. 
Honolulu, T. IT., Aug. 19. —Editor Forest and 
Stream,: To her isolated position in the center 
of the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, our insular terri¬ 
tory, owes her exemption from many unpleasant 
and dangerous things of the continents, particu¬ 
larly those peculiar to the tropics. This im¬ 
munity is especially true as relates to noxious 
species of both the animal and the vegetable 
kingdom, and the varieties of animal and plant 
pests now to be found in this “Paradise of the 
Pacific,” have been introduced unwittingly or 
otherwise since of the discovery of the islands 
by Capt. Cook over a century and a quarter 
ago. The delightful sense of security with 
which one may plunge through the densest 
jungles on mountain slopes or marshland, con¬ 
fident in the fact that none of the islands har¬ 
bors a single snake or poisonous plant, is some¬ 
thing that can scarcely be experienced, and cer¬ 
tainly not in any other tropical country. 
Indeed it was not until long after the com¬ 
ing of the white man to Hawaii that there were 
even any mosquitoes, and at the present time 
only two or three species of this large and 
annoying family are known. The genus Ano¬ 
pheles has thus far not secured foothold in the 
islands, and as a result Hawaiians know noth¬ 
ing of malaria. To this fact some scientists 
have held to be due the splendid physical and 
mental development of the Hawaiian race, 
which at the time of the discovery of the 
islands was much superior to that of aborigines 
of almost any other part of the world. The de¬ 
bilitating effects of malarial diseases following 
the introduction of the Anopheles into ancient 
Rome and Greece is now believed to have been 
the prime cause of the decadence of both of 
these splendid peoples. 
To supplement the limited fauna and flora 
indigenous to the Islands, the early settlers at 
once began the importing of great numbers of 
new varieties, and in this way some destructive 
| msect and vegetable pests reached these shores 
1 before science had come to recognize their per¬ 
nicious propensities. The mongoose, a small 
weasel-like animal was brought here with the 
idea that it would destroy the rats and mice 
which caused damage to growing crops. This 
I it has probably done in some measure, but in- 
| :identally it has practically exterminated the 
.once plentiful game birds of certain districts by 
ts raids upon the nests and young birds. It 
s also a bad customer in the chicken yard, and 
i bounty is now paid for its scalp. 
At the present time the Territory is very 
1 iggressive in protecting itself from the possible 
ntroduction of any new forms of pests, and in 
:ontrolling of the ones already here. Qualified 
'xperts of the Territorial Board of Agriculture 
ind Forestry watch every arriving vessel, and 
10 diseased animal or infected plants or vege- 
ables is allowed to be landed. Even the lady 
raveler’s bunch of hothouse flowers brought 
rom the coast in cold storage, is seized by the 
vatchful inspector at the foot of the gangway 
ind subjected to careful scrutiny for possible 
njurious insects which it may harbor, before 
>eing permitted to pass further. The precau- 
ion is a wise one, inasmuch as the climate is 
me which in many instances would offer an 
1 deal home to many insect pests which in their 
j lative habitat are held in check by natural 
nemies or rigor of the winter season. 
Will J. Cooper. 
THE ’COON GOT AWAY. 
Wes Middleton and son, William Annadale 
nd son, and a cooper, whose name is not 
nown, of Sellersburg, went ’coon hunting on 
iaturday, carrying with them a single-barreled 
! hotgun. A ’coon was chased into a tall tree, 
nd the cooper fired at the animal. The cooper 
U thought to be mortally wounded, as the 
reech-pin struck him on the forehead, pene- 
) rating the brain Young Middleton was al- 
I lost scalped and sustained a concussion of the 
rain. Young Annadale was hit by a piece of 
ie flying barrel and badly hurt. The two older 
ersons escaped with lesser injuries.—Courier- 
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