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sun- warmed side of the wheat-barracks ; and after- 

 wards in the granaries. A few were seen in the Rye, 

 as also in the Barley, but the Wheat suffered much 

 the most. 



These insects continued rather increasing in num- 

 bers, until the weather began to grow cold, when 

 there was an apparent diminution of them. After 

 the winter had set in, they were to be seen no more. 

 What became of them, I know not : whether they 

 were completely destroyed, or were again revived 

 by the heats of the returning summer. 



We now hoped, that the winter had entirely reliev- 

 ed us from this evil ; and our hopes became more 

 confident as the season advanced ; for the few that 

 made their appearance were only to be seen in the 

 granaries, and were less vigorous than those of the 

 preceding autumn. 



A short time after the harvest had been gathered in, 

 a considerable alarm was excited by them : great 

 swarms of them were seen when the stacks were in 

 the least disturbed, and the rye fared but little, if any, 

 better than the wheat, insomuch that the farmers 

 found it necessary to thrash their grain, and to have 

 it ground into flour. The moths continued very nu- 

 merous until about the beginning of October, when 

 they began to diminish, and have now entirely disap- 

 peared. 



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