﻿LOCUSTS 
  IN 
  ASIA. 
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  Russia 
  has 
  suffered 
  from 
  them 
  almost 
  every 
  year. 
  As 
  we 
  shall 
  have 
  oc- 
  

   casion 
  hereafter 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  such 
  of 
  these 
  migrations 
  as 
  afford 
  facts 
  bear- 
  

   ing* 
  upon 
  the 
  questions 
  under 
  discussion, 
  we 
  will 
  omit 
  further 
  mention 
  of 
  

   them 
  here. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Koerte 
  53 
  Germany 
  has 
  been 
  visited 
  in 
  some 
  part 
  of 
  its 
  

   territory 
  by 
  the 
  locusts 
  the 
  following 
  years 
  since 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  fif- 
  

   teenth 
  century 
  : 
  1475, 
  1527, 
  1636, 
  1686, 
  1693, 
  1696, 
  1712, 
  1714, 
  1715, 
  1719, 
  

   1727, 
  1728, 
  1729, 
  1730, 
  1731, 
  1734, 
  1746, 
  1747, 
  1748, 
  1749, 
  1750, 
  1752, 
  

   1753, 
  1754, 
  1759, 
  1763, 
  1803, 
  1825, 
  1826, 
  1827. 
  

  

  In 
  Spain 
  59 
  the 
  chronicles 
  of 
  locust 
  visitations 
  have 
  distinguished 
  the 
  

   following 
  years 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  noted 
  : 
  1495, 
  1542, 
  1547, 
  1619, 
  1682, 
  1688, 
  1792. 
  

  

  An 
  examination 
  of 
  Koppen's 
  chronological 
  record 
  of 
  locust 
  migrations 
  

   to 
  European 
  Eussia 
  and 
  the 
  adjoining 
  provinces 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  shows 
  the 
  

   following 
  dates 
  of 
  visitations 
  to 
  some 
  one 
  or 
  other 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  area 
  : 
  

   1008, 
  1092, 
  1094, 
  1095, 
  1103, 
  1195, 
  1237, 
  1333, 
  1334, 
  1335, 
  1336, 
  1475, 
  1527, 
  

   1536, 
  1542, 
  1650, 
  1689, 
  1690, 
  1693, 
  1708, 
  1710, 
  1712, 
  1747, 
  1748, 
  1749, 
  1750, 
  

   1756, 
  1757, 
  1783, 
  1793, 
  1799, 
  1800, 
  1801, 
  1802, 
  1803, 
  1805, 
  1806, 
  1812, 
  1813, 
  

   1814, 
  1815, 
  1816, 
  1820, 
  1821, 
  1822, 
  1823, 
  1824, 
  1825, 
  1828, 
  1829, 
  1830, 
  1831, 
  

   1832, 
  1834, 
  1835, 
  1836,1843, 
  1844, 
  1845, 
  1846, 
  1847, 
  1848, 
  1850, 
  1851, 
  1853, 
  

   1856, 
  1859, 
  1860, 
  1861. 
  Dates 
  subsequent 
  to 
  1861 
  are 
  omitted 
  from 
  this 
  

   list 
  though 
  given 
  by 
  that 
  author. 
  

  

  In 
  our 
  notice 
  of 
  locust 
  movements 
  on 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Eastern 
  con- 
  

   tinent 
  we 
  shall 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  accounts 
  in 
  chronological 
  order, 
  

   or 
  to 
  pay 
  any 
  particular 
  attention 
  to 
  dates, 
  but 
  to 
  quote 
  such 
  facts 
  as 
  

   will 
  assist 
  in 
  determining 
  the 
  areas 
  visited, 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  flight, 
  the 
  

   faunal 
  districts 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  appertain, 
  &c. 
  

  

  Locusts 
  in 
  Asia 
  and 
  adjacent 
  islands. 
  — 
  The 
  monumental 
  remains 
  of 
  Nin- 
  

   eveh 
  and 
  Babylon 
  reveal 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  their 
  presence, 
  showing 
  that 
  they 
  

   were 
  used 
  as 
  food. 
  They 
  are 
  also 
  very 
  distinctly 
  figured 
  on 
  a 
  cylinder, 
  as 
  

   mounted 
  upon 
  and 
  feeding 
  on 
  some 
  kind 
  of 
  shrub, 
  the 
  antennae, 
  long 
  

   posterior 
  legs, 
  and 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  being 
  clearly 
  shown 
  59 
  *. 
  The 
  ac- 
  

   curate 
  and 
  striking 
  description 
  given 
  by 
  Joel 
  is 
  so 
  exact 
  that 
  we 
  think 
  it 
  

   evident 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  Pachytylns 
  migratorius; 
  but 
  the 
  remarkable 
  fact 
  

   which 
  corroborates 
  this 
  opinion 
  is 
  the 
  unusual 
  direction 
  of 
  movement, 
  

   as 
  will 
  hereafter 
  be 
  seen. 
  

  

  But 
  I 
  will 
  remove 
  far 
  off 
  from 
  you 
  the 
  northern 
  army, 
  aud 
  will 
  drive 
  him 
  into 
  a 
  laud 
  

   barren 
  aud 
  desolate, 
  with 
  his 
  face 
  toward 
  the 
  east 
  sea 
  and 
  his 
  hinder 
  part 
  toward 
  the 
  

   utmost 
  sea' 
  10 
  . 
  

  

  Diodorus 
  Siculus 
  61 
  says, 
  speaking 
  of 
  the 
  Acridophagi 
  " 
  over 
  against 
  

   Babylon,' 
  7 
  that— 
  

  

  In 
  these 
  parts 
  in 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  spring, 
  the 
  south 
  winds 
  rise 
  high 
  and 
  drive 
  an 
  in- 
  

   finite 
  number 
  of 
  locusts 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  desert 
  of 
  an 
  extraordinary 
  bigness, 
  furnished 
  with 
  

  

  68 
  " 
  Die 
  Strick— 
  , 
  Zug- 
  oder 
  Wanderkeusckrecke." 
  Berlin, 
  1828. 
  p. 
  6. 
  

  

  59 
  Ignot 
  de 
  Asso. 
  "Oryctolog. 
  et 
  Zool. 
  Arragoniae," 
  1764, 
  p. 
  113 
  in 
  Hitter's 
  Heuackreckenplage 
  der 
  Alten 
  

   , 
  Welt," 
  p. 
  11. 
  

  

  raa 
  Ilawlinson's 
  Ancient 
  Monarckies, 
  ii., 
  493. 
  Tke 
  ''buzzing 
  insect" 
  mentioned 
  in 
  tke 
  Zendavesta 
  

   probably 
  refers 
  to 
  tke 
  locust. 
  

  

  60 
  Ckap. 
  ii, 
  20. 
  

   ] 
  « 
  Bootk's 
  Tranal., 
  i, 
  p. 
  170. 
  

  

  