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Show Hfl FISH SAVE LIVES ii A fish Is not often thought of as a fnend of man. Vet a fish of i I a certain sort is baiug thousands of lics and millions of dollars in j Ecuador. I The story of how that comes about is brought by Dr M. E. Con, !, nor, who has been representing the Rockefeller Foundation in Ecua-!! Ecua-!! dor, with headquarters at Guayaquil. II j, That country has been ridden by yellow fever which is spread by the stegomyin mosquito Water is scarce in the country. The mosquito mos-quito bred m water tanks, with whieh each large residence is provided pro-vided A certain small fish which eats the mosquito the moment it touches the water was found. One of these fish was put to live in each rain barrel. i, Dr. Connor report': thai there has not been a known case of I yellow fever in Ecuador since May, 1919. H |