this' law, fhëy fihd ffiëans mdfb yeë,dily tô tef that
articlé, bfe Whfeb âcëbuht thëy always b ie f ‘thé tfiriîiafeftwiRt^
;thëhî faëïbhe ftièy brihg1 afiÿ to tbWb, ëb that I ha^è bftett.s been
obliged to go 'bn boatoLthë vèSsëls iti th'èkmboUrwhën T Wanted
to 'Sëe anÿ: of these natural xmtibsities^
'A gfëatiïhmbè^bFdifferentëpëcieë !ôf insëëts in the Ti’bpics, 'aie in
Ëdfb^e bfien confeîdërèd aë^hë Wbfët plàgiië ô'f this''ëÜübtiy ;: àbÜ
ÿët upbn Matüfë J(fcà$ièirûlàbfr, j t ; Mtëlï'btë found t h a f t a r ë ’teghly
'bëneficial ih thé btdei1 fbf'h&türfe to tbte'ëbüntrÿwheto theÿ èxist.
The man^ flëëkÿed ttèëà^hétè^buld^tteüïhbet thé grblirfdj ifit Was
ildt fôrthe Vhst nttmbersbfârîts whiëh thkë immediate possession ôf
them, and in destrbÿihg thé fibres',; sobtt fëduëè them tb the state ôf
finë gatdëh! mould ; h n ’ wttrivdië'éti Indian, Waafè^ttâiétëâ with; the
danger iarisibg from 'fold ahd Stagnant air, Wbiild fix'-hiè habitation
bh jb r 1 Mëar rivdrshÿ1 gëdtïnds Without: àtiÿ! thblighty Wfete“ he ndt
dtfrëntibSh thericë b y 'the dlëlids; of müàqùitôès ; andcshoUltl1he be
determined riot to cjutt this pfa*cë,'ke is under thë 'rfeëèkéitÿ of having
a^fâî’gfe'fifë airWghtVjto keep his habitation clear bf ■ those 1n-
kèbtsj;knd 'àt the saTiie tirné ’theWmokë'expëls à'! gfëa't dëal' ôfiïhe
'daïtip ia1r;ît^thdtiTh&1lri<o^i& |',iflhîê bëhéfit’Wliiëh h ® S t .
Tb de^trôÿ these innumerable tbvafm's of inSëëtsj süfpâSsëè all human
strength àndingëiiuity ; atid even &n: Hërëulës mu^ ktbmit to
thëir attacks ; bht in proportion ns human society sbâlt bêéXfehdëd
imd ëéTtït'atibiï pibcëed, thîs'hyil Will also diminish ÿ àhd îfVtkdBSfe
bëéiéèféd iit ahëâldiy sMMiéfr, ahd; ^rbperly ëbWtruéîéd^hhëdii-
*éeëWWîll ^i^ëYërÿlittîétroüble ; bût-the hbüèëWhërèl lire, thbhgh it
is iii'a ^TèaéâHt spbt, is nbt Well btiilt, îtJbeihgi like mbsfttothëf houses
in ‘this plâde, Withbüt a tefellhr, and stands ’Miy Oh briëk- 'pîllârs
hbbüt twb fèétbighl dhe consetpieiaëè bf Which biathkfl'ÉUffbrds à
harboUr tb ‘mhtfy‘"Sorts bf ihSects,- Which in a râirtj day, rétreat
hither frôm thft; sufrbuhding frètes:' ‘Fô'r^hîs reaSon, l ‘feéëp â'piëbe
bftUat hi'^côiher of bach Ubbtn; J\\dïiéhnfhey'^gëtierally'Jchôàse, ‘and
[ is* 3
then by inspecting it now and then, they pre easily destroyed. When.
J first tqok ,the hb.u.se here and slept up staws,Jheard at night the
bats which were nestled in my roof, and as these are yery unpleasant
visitors in this country,* I tried an .experiment for their expulsion,
the ^pficess pf which exceeded my expectations. JFpst af nop#
when th.c sun shone tnost, I ,chased them hom the roof with a long
reed cape, and this frightened them so much» that they did not r$?
tarn again: I thotefprO repeated this wljeumsr I heard any treshln-
trud.ers; ,but this has not happened above twice or three times since
I huye Jiyed hete^ The,coc^-roach, which is so yery disgusting, might
be hindered from running ever the waits if the honibs had panneh
of glared tiles; there is ope species insect, however, of which I
haye pqt; yet been aWo to gef rid, and those are the small red ants,
which ppeyept me from being able to keep any ehrysales, as they
destroy them ah > I have tried, by surrounding the clwysaJes with
Water, to preserve them; but these ants come \in such great numbers,
that when the first pjf them Tah into the water, the others
cross over ,to the object open them* They seem to bye principally
ppon gnimal food, and make no appearance ip the house, except
when there are some chrysales, or a dead bird; pf which in a very
short tjme? th? eyes, earn and bill are entirely filled np with them,
* The extent of the wings of the'l&rgest species ofbat, or vampire} at Suriofun, i*
about 16 indies; butIts body from the nose tothe'rump is 6 inches. I have seen persons
who had been bit by them at night ; but that an animal about the length of
7 inches should suck so much hloo.d as to make a person sleep from time to eternity, as
is Ijy igagf preten^edj seems tp a gross e^p.ggfra||pq, fpr fb^y -«tj SP shy in ap*
pjrp3ej)iqg, tMt oj^y çjiopge the lip p f t}j§ foe j|P g |r a |
Tq destroy the vyhite ants when they infest the hpuaes, Jthe inj}ahitants ma^e qsé of
arsenic; but as this may be attended with dangerous consequences, and does not des>
troy the eggs of the ants, which produce a new racé o f intruders, I have therefore rather
preferred using boiling prater, which answers both purposes o f destroying^old and
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