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Show WORST OF ALL MOSQUITOES. Annoying Intect3 That Infest District of Maryland. The champion mosquitoes of tho world, according to a traveler, aro thoso of Taylor's Island, on the Chop-tank Chop-tank river, Maiyland. They aro often half an Inch long and aro perfectly black, with white feet. They do not sing and their blto Is like the sting of a bee. I'coplo who aro obliged to go out of doors wear as a protection a hoop on their heads from which hangs a netting, which Is belted to tho waist. They carry about them a piece of fat pork, which when applied to a sting or blto acts as an antidote. Tho Chop tank i Ivor region Is tho great market garden of Baltimore, Philadelphia and other Eastern cities, and one theory to nccount for tho romarkablo size of tho mosquitoes is that they foed on tho splendid fruits and vegotablos which grow so luxuriantly thero and aro thus fattened to a far groator degree de-gree than tholr brothers who llvo In loss favored localities. |