108 LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 



EVENING TENTH. 



AFRICAN LOCUST. 



Jiunt M. Do you remember the account 

 given in the Bible of the plagues which were 

 sent upon Pharaoh, King of Egypt, because he 

 persisted in detaining the children of Israel in 

 bondage ? 



Harriet. Oh, yes, I remember it very well. 



Renee. And so do I, for I was reading it but 

 a few days ago. 



Aunt M. You may remember, then, that 

 one of these plagues was an immense swarm of 

 locusts, which, in the language of Scripture, 

 " covered the face of the whole earth, so that 

 the land was darkened, and did eat every herb 

 of the land, and all the fruit of the trees ; and 



