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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  Indians 
  be 
  induced 
  to 
  eat 
  them 
  ? 
  In 
  times 
  of 
  famine 
  could 
  not 
  the 
  set- 
  

   tlers 
  be 
  brought 
  to 
  store 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  eat 
  them"? 
  From 
  the 
  writer's 
  own 
  

   experience 
  locusts 
  may 
  be 
  roasted 
  and 
  eaten 
  with 
  somewhat 
  of 
  a 
  relish, 
  

   and 
  Professor 
  Eiley 
  in 
  his 
  entomological 
  reports 
  has 
  discussed 
  this 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  at 
  length. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  Bulletin 
  Mensuel 
  de 
  la 
  Soci^te 
  d'Acclimatiou, 
  (Au- 
  

   gust, 
  1875), 
  that 
  Dr. 
  Morran, 
  a 
  physician 
  at 
  Douarnenez, 
  in 
  Finis^ere, 
  has 
  

   thought 
  of 
  utilizing 
  the 
  African 
  locust 
  as 
  bait 
  for 
  the 
  sardine-fishery 
  in 
  

   the 
  maritime 
  districts 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Mancha 
  and 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean. 
  

   The 
  doctor 
  hopes 
  to 
  substitute 
  this 
  new 
  bait 
  for 
  that 
  employed 
  until 
  

   now 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  roe 
  (rogne), 
  and 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  which, 
  always 
  

   increasing, 
  is 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  French 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  

   locusts 
  cooked 
  in 
  salt 
  water 
  are 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  ground- 
  The 
  

   powder 
  obtained 
  seems 
  to 
  make 
  as 
  good 
  bait 
  as 
  roe. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  dark 
  color 
  

   like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  pickled 
  roe 
  of 
  Norway. 
  It 
  preserves 
  all 
  the 
  nutritive 
  

   qualities 
  of 
  the 
  locust. 
  It 
  re-absorbs 
  th& 
  pickle, 
  and 
  is 
  fatty, 
  unctuous, 
  

   and 
  soft 
  to 
  the 
  touch. 
  Besides, 
  it 
  falls 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  water, 
  re- 
  

   sembling 
  the 
  iiesh 
  of 
  craw-fish, 
  comminuted 
  and 
  dried 
  fish, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  

   sardines 
  are 
  very 
  fond. 
  The 
  insect 
  can 
  be 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  different 
  ways, 
  as 
  

   made 
  into 
  biscuit, 
  pickled, 
  salted, 
  pressed, 
  or 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  Differ- 
  

   ent 
  methods 
  of 
  preparation 
  have 
  been 
  tried; 
  cooked 
  and 
  salted, 
  the 
  

   insects 
  can 
  be 
  piled 
  up 
  in 
  cakes, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  easily 
  packed 
  and 
  trans- 
  

   ported. 
  They 
  can 
  also 
  be 
  thrown 
  alive, 
  pell-mell, 
  into 
  brine 
  and 
  pressed. 
  

   The 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  methods 
  is 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs. 
  The 
  Society 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  of 
  Algeria 
  recommends 
  smothering 
  the 
  locusts 
  in 
  soes, 
  then 
  

   drying 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  The 
  bait 
  prepared 
  in 
  these 
  different 
  modes 
  has 
  been 
  

   tried 
  at 
  Douarnenez 
  with 
  good 
  results. 
  The 
  sardines 
  bit 
  at 
  them 
  eagerly. 
  

   It 
  appears 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  bodies 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  sardines 
  there 
  have 
  

   been 
  found 
  on 
  examination 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  locusts 
  which 
  the 
  fisb 
  had 
  

   swallowed. 
  This 
  last 
  fact, 
  stated 
  officially, 
  has 
  well 
  satisfied 
  the 
  mari- 
  

   time 
  population 
  of 
  Douarnenez. 
  

  

  This, 
  possibly, 
  opens 
  up 
  a 
  new 
  industry 
  for 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  locust- 
  

   ridden 
  districts 
  in 
  the 
  West, 
  who 
  can 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  locust-years 
  large 
  quan- 
  

   tities 
  of 
  bait 
  for 
  the 
  market 
  East. 
  

  

  CONCLUSIONS. 
  

  

  In 
  conclusion, 
  we 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  locust-years 
  may 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  be 
  

   predicted 
  by 
  our 
  meteorologists, 
  and 
  Government 
  attention 
  should 
  be 
  

   directed 
  to 
  this 
  subject, 
  and 
  special 
  consideration 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  

   Weather-Signal 
  Bureau 
  and 
  meteorologists 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  during 
  the 
  

   future 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  meteorological 
  cycles. 
  Years 
  of 
  unusual 
  heat 
  

   and 
  dryness, 
  which 
  are 
  forerunners 
  of 
  locust 
  invasions, 
  may, 
  we 
  believe, 
  

   in 
  the 
  future 
  be 
  predicted, 
  and 
  farmers 
  warned, 
  while 
  State 
  laws 
  provide 
  

   that 
  in 
  years 
  of 
  plenty, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  the 
  frontier 
  States, 
  stores 
  of 
  grain 
  be 
  

   amassed 
  for 
  a 
  year 
  of 
  famine. 
  Thus, 
  by 
  the 
  predictions 
  of 
  locust-years, 
  

   by 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  forests, 
  and 
  the 
  free 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  telegraph 
  in 
  herald- 
  

   ing 
  their 
  migrations, 
  and 
  the 
  publication 
  in 
  the 
  newspapers 
  of 
  daily 
  

   bulletins 
  of 
  their 
  direction 
  and 
  progress, 
  and 
  when 
  they 
  are 
  present 
  the 
  

   enforcement 
  of 
  territorial 
  and 
  State 
  laws, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  bounties 
  for 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  and 
  young, 
  we 
  believe 
  that 
  millions 
  of 
  property 
  will 
  be 
  saved 
  to 
  

   the 
  country, 
  and 
  the 
  intelligence 
  and 
  wisdom 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  people 
  

   be 
  evinced 
  in 
  the 
  truly 
  agricultural 
  as 
  it 
  already 
  has 
  in 
  the 
  mechanical 
  

   arts. 
  

  

  