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Show SAVAGE MOSQUITOES EVEN TORTURE PIGS PAPETTK. Tahiti. March 12. j Malao island, a small dot of land in the Society group, has the reputation' of being the worst mosquito island in the south Pacific. Seldom do schooners visit the island I but when they do call those on board; never pass a night ashore The nros-1 oultoes are said to be so numerous ! and savage that even pigs, which arei supposed to be indifferent to Insect! pests, cry out In the night with the pain of their sufferings. I Native Inhabitants of Maiao appear, to be thick-skinned and quite acciis-j aomed to the pests. But there are seasons of the year when the mos-qulioi mos-qulioi -. surpass even the natives' pow-i ers of endurance and they are compelled com-pelled to keep great smudges of smoke going about their houses s.ss I |