[2] When this chapter appeared in _The Outing Magazine_ Frederic
Remington wrote as follows:
"My dear Paine: Just read your _Outing_ article on the woods and your
speculation on 'why mosquitoes were made,' etc. I know the answer. They
were created to aid civilization--otherwise, no man not an idiot would
live anywhere else than in the woods."
I am naturally glad to have this word of wisdom from an authority like
Remington, but I still think that Providence could have achieved the
same result and somehow managed to leave the mosquito out of it.