Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-09-21 | Page 8 | Check on Mosquitoes

CHECK ON MOSQUITOES. j The island of Barbados enjuvs s certain ; immunity from the vinilatinn f the niaU rial mosquito- In many of the waters -f Ihi iiland there flourish in great iuantities n ' tiny fUh known locally by the name of 1 'millions." and there i bcliered to lie a ' connection between the exintfiirc of tlm fUh and the comparative mm existence of the malarial mosquito. Some interesting experiments are now he ' ing tried in the West Indies with a view to determine to what extent one fart bearx upon the other, and to see whether the ; : beneficent little fish ran be induced to fluur- ; I tfh in the water of pla-cs where the mos- 1 nuito ravages are more severely felt. It i ' I laid that the tiny fish ha n appetite quite : ' out of proportion to its diminutive sire, and ' j that it feeds to a large extent on the larvan I f the mosquito. The troublesome insect is ' I i't coneqiiene practically exterminated in i ! the area in whi'-h "millions'' fl'mrith. and i 1 here also, for the well known reason, tra- j 'rial ferer ia practically non existent. j , Chambers' Journal.