The insect leaves the water a full-fledged mosquito ready to annoy man
and beast with its sting.

The eyes of this insect are remarkable. They are so large that they
cover the larger part of the head. Its feelers are very delicate, and
look as if they were made of the finest feathers. Its wings are very
pretty, and with them it makes a humming noise.

The organ, which the female mosquito alone employs on her victims, is
called a trunk, or proboscis. This trunk is a tube, inside of which is
a bundle of stings with very sharp points. When she settles on your
face or hands, she pierces the skin, extracts some blood, and at the
same time injects a little poison; this produces the feeling which
proves so annoying.




LESSON XXXIII

SELF-RELIANCE

Of all the elements of success none is more vital than
self-reliance,--a determination to be one's own helper, and not to look
to others for support. It is the secret of all individual growth and
vigor, the master-key that unlocks all difficulties in every profession
or calling. "Help yourself, and Heaven will help you," should be the
motto of every man who would make himself useful in the world. He who
begins with crutches will generally end with crutches. Help from
within always strengthens, but help from without invariably enfeebles.