Read the closing paragraph of the excerpt.
(8) This country has, for 6 months, the finest climate in the world, but 2 1/2 of these are ruined by the malignancy of the fly plague. Yet it is certain that knowledge will confer on man the power to wipe them out.
Why does the author end the text with this observation about the country?
• A. He wants readers to think more positively about the region than his descriptions might make them.
• B. He wants to contrast the usual beauty of the region with the horrible time period that mosquitoes thrive.
• c.
He wants people to understand how bad the mosquito issue is and how urgent it is to find a solution for it.
• D.
He wants to put the mosquito problem in perspective and suggests science can find a solution.