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therefore great care should be taken at this 

 time, when the ground is freed of its crop, 

 to destroy them before they lay their eggs. 

 In this month of September, 1748, we re- 

 ceived 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 Clausberry, near three 

 miles in length, where it was not possible to 

 save the millet and Turkish wheat from 

 these devourers. I am of opinion, that no 

 instance of this kind will occur in our his- 

 tory, except what some old men remember, 

 and what we have experienced ; 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 



