LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 99 



EVENING NINTH. 



AMERICAN LOCUSTS. 



JLunt M. Neither of you can remember the 

 last appearance of the locusts in this part of the 

 country, as it is now ten years since they were 

 so abundant amongst us. 



Rene6. Why, Aunt Mary, we have seen lo- 

 custs. As Mary and I were going along the street 

 one day last summer, we met a little boy who 

 had one, which he was treating very cruelly. 

 He tied a long string to one of its hind legs, and 

 holding the other end in his hand, he let the lo- 

 cust fly as far as the string would allow it, and 

 then jerked it back again. In this way he had 

 broken off one of its legs, and was tying the 



