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Victoria, Saskatchewan, N.W.T. (Chas. Adams.) Did not 

 appear here. 



Carleton House, N.W.T. (L. Clarke.) Did not appear in 

 this vicinity. Mr. Clarke writes : " From traders I have learned 

 that grasshoppers appeared in great numbers about 130 miles to 

 the south-west of Carleton. Again, they were seen to the south- 

 east of Touchwood Hills as far east as Fort Pelly, destroying 

 the crops at that station. 



Touchwood Hills Post, N. W. T. CR. W. Ells, Geological 

 Survey of Canada.) Not produced from the egg here, but ar- 

 rived on the wing, flying north-west. Very numerous July 30. 

 Mr. Ells did not see any grasshoppers west of the Touchwood 

 Hills. 



Fort Qu'Appelhj N.W.T. (W. J. McLean.) Not produced 

 here from the egg. Full grown insects appeared in myriads, 

 June 17th, coming from the south. 



Fort Pally, N. W. T. (A. McBeath.) Not hatched here. 

 Swarms arrived on the wing, July 20th, from the south, and 

 passed on northward. All crops destroyed. Eggs deposited, 

 and none hatched in antumn. Mr. McBeath writes, — After the 

 grasshoppers made their appearance here on the 20th of July, 

 their progress was very slow. The Mounted Police barracks are 

 some ten miles north of this place, yet they took two weeks to 

 reach there. For a time it appeared that this place was the end 

 of their journey, and they diminished very slowly. Many were 

 k illed by the frost. As far as I could learn they did not go 

 further north than about 30 miles from here. Shortly after 

 their arrival they began depositing their eggs, and dying, till 

 the ground was covered with their dead bodies. 



Swan River Barracks, Pelhj, N.W.T. (lat. 51° 53', long. 

 101° 59'. J. H. Kittson, M.D.) Not produced here, arrived 

 on the wing July 27, from the south. Continued passing till 

 Aug. 20, going in a direction north-west by north. Some re- 

 mained, and eggs in considerable quantity deposited. Late in 

 autumn insects remaining after depositing eggs were destroyed 

 by small red parasites. 



Fort Ellice, N. W.T. (A. McDonald and R. W. Ells.) Pro- 

 duced here from the egg, hatching about May 6th. By June 

 7th all growing crops destroyed. Left in the beginning of 

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