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Peabody. 

 From all or nearly all of the old colonies known in Pea- 

 body up to 1898 the moths appear to have been extermi- 

 nated ; but, as the town as a whole had not had a thorough 

 inspection for nearly three years, the opportunity was taken 

 in 1898 to go over it. This inspection was in progress and 

 the greater part of it finished when it was stopped by the 

 great snow storm of November 26. In 1897 a colony of 

 some size was discovered in the centre of the town ; in the 

 summer of 1898 another was discovered near the Salem line. 

 The inspection of the fall of 1898 revealed the fact that 

 single caterpillars had been distributed widely from these 

 two colonies, and that from them one or two smaller col- 

 onies had already become established. The colony found in 

 1898 was so situated that the infested trees, from which a 

 great number of larvre were taken, hung over a lane which 

 was much travelled by delivery teams as a short cut from 

 one part of the town to another. These colonies were dis- 

 covered just in time to prevent reinfestation of the whole 

 region. The greatest care has been taken to stamp them 

 out ; but considerable work in this town will now be nec- 

 essary for several years. Had the appropriations been 

 sntricient, Peabody would have been thoroughly examined 

 two years ago. These colonies might have been found, and 

 all the spread which has since occurred might have been 

 prevented. The inspection of Peabody should be finished 

 as soon as the snow is gone. 



Revere. 

 Nearly every tree in the town of Revere was burlapped in 

 1898. The burlap was not as well attended to in Revere as 

 in some other towns, because of the necessity of a great 

 amount of work in Maiden to prevent the caterpillars from 

 scattering into towns to the north. A few caterpillars were 

 taken here and there under burlap, but the principal exami- 

 nation of the bands was not made until the eggs were being 

 laid in the fall. Single egg-clusters were found scattered 

 here and there, most of them having been deposited by 

 moths which had developed from caterpillars brought into 



