We are at swords' p'ints, young man, and let him look out for himself and his lumper as pest he can.
Susquesus, an Onondago; he is a true Injin, and a gentleman; but we have a parcel of the mock gentry about, who are a pest and an eyesore to every honest man in the country.
It istpest as it ist, Frank--yes, it ist pest as it ist.
When Wally stepped from under, as it were, directing Jerry to hand the pest over to a teacher in New York, the young man's irritation became excessive and he was at no trouble to conceal it.
It was outrageous that this littlepest should upset things so completely.
Tubb and Sam Pest then went on, the latter carrying a musket, to survey the neighbourhood, and to ascertain if there was any path by which an enemy might come suddenly down and surprise us; they were also to look out for water.
Sam Pest was in the first watch, and as I walked the deck I spoke to him as I frequently did.
I have seen something of the way those sort of fellows behave, and Sam Pesthas been telling me more about it.
Pest was not so bad, perhaps, as many; he had frank manners, was certainly no hypocrite, for he was not at all ashamed of the life he had led.
If I was your brother I'd keep a look-out for any trick Captain Myers may be inclined to play," said Sam Pest to me.
Sam Pest had been knocking about the Pacific for the last twenty years he told me, sometimes on board whalers, at others serving in smaller craft, frequently living on shore among the heathen natives.
In a short time six or seven persons came down to where he was sitting, apparently inclined to hold a palaver, Sam Pest all the time watching them narrowly.
Yes, my son, you must co to him and to yourpest for him.
Jostling King Pest through the open trap, the valiant Legs slammed the door down upon him with an oath, and strode towards the centre of the room.
Know then that in these dominions I am monarch, and here rule with undivided empire under the title of 'King Pest the First.
Numerous publications may be obtained from the Louisiana Crop Pest Commission, Baton Rouge, La.
If it were possible to destroy every punctured square and boll, and thereby prevent the appearance of new broods, the weevil pest could be exterminated in one year.
No doubt but this pest will spread until it covers the entire cotton belt of the south.
With the weevil pest to combat, the value of using the earliest and most prolific seed cannot be over-estimated.
Experiments conducted by the Louisiana State Crop Pest Commission are summed up in the following extracts from Circular No.
The first species is the common pest chigger of humans and domestic animals in the United States, and south through tropical America.
The first two are common pest chiggers which attack humans as well as a wide variety of other mammalian, avian and reptilian hosts.
He has, however, found that the pest succumbs to an arsenate of lead spray.
The latter were quite a pest on my first arrival within the tropics; but now I mind them about as much as I did gnats in England.
This pest was particularly prevalent and caused incalculable mischief about the year 1665.
The worst pest of the vine in this country is its Coccus (C.
But though this pest of man must not be wholly passed over, yet, since it is unfortunately too well known, it will not be at all necessary for me to enlarge upon its history.
It does so much mischief in Germany, that the author of an old book of gardening, after giving a figure of it, exclaims, "Happy are the places where this pest is unknown!
Whence thispest was first introduced is not certainly known.
A worse pest than any hitherto enumerated, is a minute fly, concerning the genus of which there is some doubt, Fabricius considering it as a Rhagio, (R.
Pallas tells us, is an almost universal pestin the government of Kasan in Russia, often eating the greater part of the spring corn to the root[293].
The other islands in the neighbourhood, which are inhabited by mild-mannered people, will thus be delivered from this pest and may be explored, and the character of their products discovered.
And, if it weren't for leaving you alone to face things here, I'd be tempted to hire a stall at the kennels for myself, till the pest is gone.
And, in her absence, the unhappy Lad took upon himself the task of turning little Wolf from a pest into something approaching a decent canine citizen.
For the bird is a pest and he who shoots it is doing something for England; furthermore, shooting it is first-rate sport, not like slaughtering wretched little sparrows or innocent young rooks just out of their windy cradles.
Pests At least twice a week camp grounds should be thoroughly inspected to make sure that there are no pest breeding places such as pools of stagnant water, old tin cans in which water will collect, trash heaps, and so forth.
Hit's done got beyond a hurtful pest now," he grumbled to Black Tom as the two of them sat over their pipes.
Thar hain't but one way ter treat sech a damn' pest es thet," he said slowly with the implacable manner of one passing final sentence.
Next year, perhaps, the parasitic beetle, finding such a wealth of food to live upon, increases and holds well in check the pest which last year ate up all our plants.
This spread of the pest was gradual, extending through a series of years, and not until 1886 did it become so serious a matter as to attract national attention.
In the same way it was found to have reached South Africa and New Zealand, in both of which colonies it had greatly increased, and had become just such a pest as it is in California.
In this department a leader is Professor Howard, who contributes a noteworthy chapter on the successful fight against the pest which threatened with ruin the orange groves of California.
Within thirty years of the time of its first introduction it had become a serious pest over practically all the United States and Canada.
The reason for this is that the eggs are laid upon white pigweed or lambs' quarter, the common garden pest of the genus Chenopodium.
In the Imperial Valley of California this butterfly is a serious pest to alfalfa growers.
If this small pest obtains lodgment in a barn, or in the oak finish or furniture of a house, it is likely to do a vexatious amount of damage, and no practicable method of checking its ravages has been found.
But de tog is de pest runner of dem poys, egsept de vootchuck.
The pest killeth but the bodies, but such abominable imposters empoison our very souls.
To control thispest burn over all winter harboring places and use chemical or dust barriers following wheat harvest.
In our recent strife with Spain we lost a few lives in battle, but we lost many more in hospitals due to contagious diseases, in the transmission of which this pest played a most important part.
Do not make the mistake of trying to control the pest with the "swatters" alone.
This in short, is the life story of the pest through the year.
Keep records of the length of time it requires for the pest to pass from one stage to the other.
We rebel when pests destroy our crops or attack our stock, but here we have a pest which endangers our very lives, and the lives of those dear to us.
Rain barrels can be freed of the pest in this way also, or perhaps better by covering them with a cloth.
Little can be done to destroy the pest after it gets into the fruit, therefore remedies must be applied to destroy the worm before it gets into the fruit.
This is perhaps the most destructive insect pest attacking the apple.
Each female lays a large number of eggs and since it requires less than two weeks for the pest to mature, we are soon overrun with flies in the summer where steps are not taken to control them.
This pest should not be mistaken for the so-called old-fashioned potato beetles which are long and slender and either bluish grey in color or striped with yellow and black.
The most destructive pest with which I have had to contend has been the large black-bird or purple grackle.
The filbert bud mite[17] is occasionally of economic importance as a pest of filberts in Oregon and has been of some concern recently in New York.
Filbert Moth The filbert moth,[16] a seriouspest in some filbert orchards in Oregon, also causes some injury to chestnuts.
After Monsieur de St. Gre had explained to me the horrors of the indigo pest and the futility of sugar raising, he turned to his daughter.
And the wheat pestappearing that year, I had the good fortune to discover some of the clusters in the sheaves, and ground our oyster-shells in time to save the crop.
