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chrysalis states ; the depth of ground at which it is 

 found, where it must be deprived of fresh air ; the 

 manner in which it arrives there ; its finding its way 

 again to the surface of the earth, in a manner so con- 

 trary to the usual course of nature ; and its breaking 

 through every barrier, in order to join the other tribes 

 of insects at the proper time. Surely, their whole 

 history is a striking demonstration of the mighty 

 power of God, for the preservation and re- animation 

 of the most insignificant of his creatures ! 



It is still worthy of remark, that, like most destruc- 

 tive insects and reptiles, the locusts seem to decrease 

 in number, in proportion as population and cultiva- 

 tion improve the face of the country. Thus, through 

 divine goodness, our enemies, whom we could not 

 conquer, are bid, as it were, to depart from us, to 

 wilder and more unfrequented regions, where they 

 can do no injury to any one. Were they to come to 

 us in large swarms every year, our young apple and 

 other fruit-trees would all be continually and inevitably 

 ruined. 



N. B. No attempt is made to describe the locust 

 itself, or the various species there may be of them. 



REMARKS. 



The preceding facts and observations respecting 

 the Periodical Locust, though in many respects im- 



