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They are then picked out, and thrown upon 

 tent-cloths, or blankets, and remain in the sun 

 to dry, where they must be watched with the 

 utmost care, to prevent the live locusts from de- 

 vouring them, if a flight happens to be passing 

 at the time. When they are perfectly dried, 

 which is not done short of two or three days, 

 they are slightly pounded, and pressed into 

 bags or skins, ready for transportation. To 

 prepare them to eat, they are pulverized in 

 mortars and mixed with water, sufficient to 

 make a kind of dry pudding. They are, how- 

 ever, sometimes eaten singly, without pulveriz- 

 ing, by breaking off the head, wings, and 

 legs, and swallowing the remaining part. In 

 whatever manner they are eaten, they are nour- 

 ishing food." 



Jlunt M. It is not only by the inhabitants 

 of the Great Desert that the locusts are hailed 

 with joy. The Hottentots also give them a 

 hearty welcome, and make many a hearty meal 

 upon them, too, not only eating them in large 

 quantities, but making a sort of coffee-colored 

 soup of their eggs. 



Locusts are cooked in various ways ; roasted, 



