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lay their eggs, and then die : therefore great care 

 should be taken at this time, when the ground is 

 freed of its crop, to destroy them before they lay 

 their eggs. In this month of September, 17'18, we 

 received certain intelligence that several swarms 

 of Locusts came out of Walachia into Transylvania 

 through the usual inlets, and took possession of a 

 tract of land in the neighboi^Pbod of Clausberry, 

 near three miles in length, where it was not possi- 

 ble to save the millet and Turkish wheat from these 

 devourers. I am of opinion that no instance of 

 this kind will occur in our history, except what 

 some old men remember, and what we have ex- 

 perienced; at least there is no account that any 

 Locusts came hither which did not die before they 

 laid their eggs: however this is a known fact; that 

 about forty years ago, some swarms came hither 

 out of Walachia, and did vast damage wherever 

 they settled, but either left this country before the 

 end of summer, or died by the inclemency of the 

 weather." 



As an appendix to the foregoing account it is 

 added by a correspondent from Vienna, that " a 

 considerable number of locusts had also come 

 within twenty leagues of that city, and that one 

 column of them had been seen there, which was 

 about half an hour's journey in breadth; but of 

 such a length that, after three hours, though they 

 seemed to fly fast, one could not see the end of the 

 column." 



We have before observed, that the Locusts 

 which fell in several parts of England, and in par- 

 ticular in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, in 



