$5 Bread Frult.-^Bcalh. 



were in great numbers over the whole country, their noifd 

 was fo loud that the people could hardly hear the bells in the 

 woods. They ripped the bark of the trees, and put worms 

 therein. Many expe6ted that the trees would be dried by 

 this ; but we found, next year, that it did not happen. Swine 

 and fowls fed on thefe infe6ls. The Indiails did alfo eat 

 them, efpecially on the firft arrival, after a previous flight 

 roafting : from this it is probable that they are of the fame 

 kind with thofe eaten by John the Baptifi:. They were of 

 fhort continuance^ dying in June." 



Ee?narks. The worms mentioned were, no doubt, thofe 

 white worm-like eggs- which the prefent locufts deport in 

 the bark. All the other circumftances correfpond with thofe 

 that now take place. 



That the locufts -vyere i^ot deftru6live, appears by the ac- 

 count given by the fame author, on the extraordinarv fer- 

 tility of that year^ in wheat^ rye^ Indian corn, oats and 

 apples. 



That year was alfo remarkably healthy among the Swedes^ 

 as appears from the fmall number of deaths on the funeral 

 records, which included a drftrift at leall fifteen miles north^ 

 weft, and fouth from Pfiiladelphia. . 



BREAD FRUIT. 



A fur2:eon lately arrived at Rotterdam from Surinam 

 ftates, that in that colony they have now large thriving 

 plantations of the bread-fruit tree, which are exceedingly 

 produdlive ; tliat the bread made from it is as good as that 

 from wheat ; and tliat for this purpofe the fruit is fliced^ 

 dried in the fan, and then pounded, and this flour With 

 w^ater made into pade, which rifes as well as wheat flour. 

 Hopes are ei^tertaincd that this valuable tree may be intro- 

 duced into Europe. 



DEATH. 



On the 21 ft of January laft, fuddcnly, Prdfeftbr Abildgaardj 

 Secretary of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Copenhagen. 

 He was the founder of the Velerinary School in Denmark : 

 his pupil, Profcftbr Viborg, will no doubt fuc(>eed him in the 

 veterinary department. 



