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the arctic prairies: a canoe journeyby ernest thompson setonchapter iv.thompson seton was a british author and wildlife artist and one of theing members of the boy scouts of america. he took upoya toada in canada, where he published a number of books about thece and its wildlife. in this excerpt, seton describes his experienceg mosquitoes at his camp on a lake in the northwest territories ofe1.-1. inward tells us that the mosquito rarely goes far from itsace. that must refer to the insatiable disposition they have to knowy for those of the north offer endless evidence of power to travel, asby moist cold and wind.july 21, 1897, we camped on a small island on a lake. it was aboutearted mile long, severe miles from muskegs, at least half a mile fromainy shores, apparently all rock, and yet a very swarming withquitoes. here, as elsewhere, every inch must for our blood. mosquto wehad still swarmed, we could cop up with swished wings and twistedto sting us fiercely as ever, as long as the breeze lasted work.e through the changing parts of the buffalo country as bad as possible,ey proved bad with chance compared with those we yet had to meete arctic prairies of our ultimate trekach day they got worse, soon it became clear that mere adjectivesnot convey any idea of their numbers. therefore i devised a mosquitoll. i held up a bare hand for 5 seconds by the watch, then counted theber of lashes on the hand. here were 5 by 10. each day added to the, and when we got out in the buffalo country, there were 15 to 25 onof the hand and mosquitoes in thousands. on the hyating, itselect the correct answer from the drop down menu.1. look at the excerpt from paragraph 5.(5) maybe we had gathered the whole mosquito product of many acres. this is shown by the facts that if one takes burroughs book brush for adistance, into a clear space, the mosquitoes seem fewer at first. one may wait a minute or so to gather up another legion. when landingfrom a boat on the northern lakes there are comparatively few, but when in a high wind, a walk to the nearest ridge results in once againmoving in a cloud of hummerers.how does this paragraph refine the authors idea about mosquitoes?the author refines his idea bydescribing how the size of the cloud was the main attraction for mosquitoesshowing readers that the mosquitoes dont really care what their prey isrestating the fact that typical mosquitoes do not behave like thisdescribing two different instances where the mosquitoes found him and his team

Explanation:

The paragraph provides specific, measured scenarios (e.g., time to gather gear without being bitten, a short walk turning into a mosquito cloud) that demonstrate how persistent and overwhelming the Arctic mosquitoes are, which are concrete instances of their behavior around the author and his team.

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describing two different instances where the mosquitoes found him and his team