. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ot getrid of the impulse to say mongeese ), which effec-tually killed off the snakes. But it was discoveredtoo late that a worse evil had been caused ; thegrass-ticks had formerly been kept down by thesnakes, but, now that these have been killed off,they have increased to such an extent as to makewalking in the grass impossible for white are very small, almost invisible, and burrowunder the skin, causing great irritation. But, in spite of this great drawback, the sceneryis so magnificent that one can be content to feastones ey
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ot getrid of the impulse to say mongeese ), which effec-tually killed off the snakes. But it was discoveredtoo late that a worse evil had been caused ; thegrass-ticks had formerly been kept down by thesnakes, but, now that these have been killed off,they have increased to such an extent as to makewalking in the grass impossible for white are very small, almost invisible, and burrowunder the skin, causing great irritation. But, in spite of this great drawback, the sceneryis so magnificent that one can be content to feastones eyes on it from the road or footpath. There are many beautiful places in Jamaicawhich I did not have time to visit; the trip up toNewcastle is a delightful one, and that up lo theBlue Mountains one of the most fascinating imagin-able, besides many others. All too soon the timecame when I had to step on board the ss. Manzan-ares, bound for Avonmouth with its cargo ofbananas and its handful of passengers, and sayFarewell for a time to the great New
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