particulars -respecting Sardinia. 'Oct, 31. 



PARTICULARS RESPECTING SARDINIA. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee, 



.Kites. 

 Cetti, in his natural history of Sardinia, informs 

 us, that a peasant of that country cannot easily be 

 persuaded to fhoot a Jcite, as he firmly believes that 

 his gun will be uselefs ever after, or that his wife 

 will die within a year. 



Locusts. 



That, in 1769, the locusts had so multiplied upon 

 the island, as to darken the air in their flight, and 

 desolate whole fields. They even infested people 

 in their houses, and spread a general alarm. The 

 I crows, at last, were observed to fly against them in 

 troops, and made such a havock among the winged 

 clouds, that they soon disappeared. 

 ^fses. 



The same author observes, the Sardinian afses d» 

 notingeneral exceed two feet ten inches in height. Per- 

 haps they may have dwindled from not being sufficiently 

 crofsed, or from the constant drudgery to which they 

 are subjected. The water in the towns and villages, 

 owing to some cause that has never been properly 

 ascertained, is seldom drinkable. A great many of 

 these dwarfilh afses are therefore constantly employ- 

 ed in bringing that necefsary article of lift, from the 

 neighbouring fields -The grinding mavjhines are al- 

 most all driven by this small breed, in so much, that 

 in the Sardinian dialect, macinatore, and ashicllo axe 

 synonymous terms. I am, Sir, your humble servant, 

 and constant reader, R. W. 



