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lay their eggs, and then die: therefore great care 
should be taken at this time, when the ground is 
fre^d of its crop, to destroy them before they lay 
their eggs. In this month of September, 1748, we 
received certain intelligence that several swarms 
of Locusts came out of Walachia into Transylvania 
through the usual inlets, and took possession of a 
tract of land in the neighbourhood of Clausherry, 
near three miles in length, where it was not possi- 
ble to save the millet and Turkish wheat from these 
devourers. I am of opinion that no instance of 
this kind will occur in our history, except what 
some old men remember, and what we have ex- 
perienced; at least there is no account that any 
Locusts came hither which did not die before they 
laid their eggs: however this is a known fact; that 
about forty years ago, some swarms came hither 
out of Walachia, and did vast damage wherever 
they settled, but either left this country before the 
end of summer, or died by the inclemency of the 
weather.” 
•. As an appendix to the foregoing account it is 
added by a correspondent from Vienna, that “ a 
considerable number of locusts had also come 
within twenty leagues of that city, and that one 
column of them had been seen there, which was 
about half an hour’s journey in breadth; but of 
such a length that, after three hours, though they 
seemed to fly fast, one could not see the end of the 
column.” 
< We have before observed, that the Locusts 
which fell in several parts of England, and in par* 
ticular in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, iin 
