﻿LOCUSTS 
  IN 
  AFRICA 
  AND 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICA. 
  53 
  

  

  fore 
  with 
  a 
  like 
  calamity. 
  He 
  also 
  states 
  in 
  another 
  place 
  133 
  that 
  while 
  

   in 
  latitude 
  11° 
  -40', 
  and 
  about 
  500 
  leagues 
  from 
  Barbadoes, 
  a 
  sailor 
  took 
  

   up 
  a 
  live 
  grasshopper 
  from 
  the 
  forecastle 
  of 
  the 
  ship 
  and 
  brought 
  it 
  to 
  

   him, 
  assuring 
  him 
  it 
  had 
  fallen 
  upon 
  the 
  vessel. 
  This 
  species 
  he 
  named 
  

   Locusta 
  maxima 
  cinereo 
  purpurea, 
  maculis 
  brunnis. 
  He 
  describes 
  it 
  as 
  

   being 
  two 
  inches 
  loug 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  to 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  (elytra), 
  of 
  an 
  ash, 
  inclining 
  to 
  a 
  red 
  or 
  purple 
  color, 
  

   with 
  many 
  brown 
  spots 
  on 
  them. 
  He 
  remarks 
  that 
  Yanderhagen 
  noticed 
  

   a 
  similar 
  occurrence 
  in 
  his 
  voyage, 
  m 
  but 
  without 
  mentioning 
  the 
  dis- 
  

   tance 
  from 
  land. 
  But 
  this 
  latter 
  writer 
  says 
  that 
  on 
  his 
  return 
  to 
  Helena 
  

   he 
  observed 
  many 
  red 
  and 
  whitish 
  locusts 
  swimming 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  

   that 
  some 
  also 
  flew 
  upon 
  the 
  ship. 
  He 
  also 
  quotes 
  from 
  Cadamosto 
  a 
  

   statement 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  locusts 
  in 
  Senegal. 
  135 
  

   Andrew 
  Sparrman 
  136 
  says 
  that 
  — 
  

  

  Sometimes 
  the 
  locusts 
  also 
  afford 
  a 
  delicious 
  treat 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  barbarous 
  aud 
  remote 
  

   tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Hottentots, 
  when, 
  as 
  at 
  times 
  happens 
  after 
  an 
  interval 
  of 
  eight, 
  ten, 
  

   fifteen, 
  or 
  twenty 
  years, 
  they 
  make 
  their 
  appearance 
  in 
  incredible 
  numbers. 
  At 
  these 
  

   times 
  they 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  north, 
  migrating 
  to 
  the 
  southward, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  suffer 
  them- 
  

   selves 
  to 
  be 
  hindered 
  by 
  any 
  obstacles, 
  but 
  even 
  if 
  they 
  happen 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  sea, 
  fly 
  

   boldly 
  on 
  and 
  are 
  drowned 
  in 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands, 
  quoted 
  by 
  Eev. 
  

   T. 
  H. 
  Gallaudet 
  137 
  evidently 
  commingles 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  Sir 
  Hans 
  Sloane 
  

   and 
  Beauplan, 
  relating 
  to 
  widely 
  separated 
  regions. 
  Kear 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  

   Good 
  Hope, 
  in 
  Kaffir-land, 
  swarms 
  of 
  locusts 
  often 
  destroy 
  every 
  green 
  

   thing. 
  138 
  

  

  Kear 
  Galam, 
  in 
  Senegal, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1698, 
  M. 
  Brui 
  encountered 
  on 
  his 
  

   voyage 
  an 
  air-darkening 
  swarm 
  of 
  locusts 
  which 
  was 
  two 
  full 
  hours 
  in 
  

   passing, 
  until 
  the 
  south 
  wind 
  began 
  to 
  blow, 
  and 
  drove 
  them 
  into 
  the 
  

   desert. 
  Captain 
  Stibbs 
  had 
  a 
  similar 
  experience 
  near 
  Barrahonda, 
  on 
  

   his 
  voyage 
  on 
  the 
  Zambia. 
  139 
  

  

  As 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  brief 
  notices, 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  America, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  Western 
  United 
  States, 
  have 
  their 
  locust 
  pests, 
  though 
  not 
  

   to 
  the 
  same 
  extent 
  as 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Continent. 
  

  

  Edward 
  Temple 
  140 
  speaks 
  of 
  the 
  devastations 
  of 
  locusts 
  about 
  Buenos 
  

   Ayres, 
  where 
  they 
  devoured 
  not 
  only 
  fruits 
  and 
  vegetables, 
  but 
  even 
  

   large 
  trees. 
  He 
  met 
  with 
  them 
  at 
  Cordova 
  in 
  immense 
  numbers, 
  but 
  

   does 
  not 
  give 
  direction 
  of 
  flight. 
  141 
  Speaking 
  of 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  a 
  

   field 
  of 
  tobacco-plants 
  he 
  compares 
  the 
  horde 
  when 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  field 
  

   to 
  a 
  "brown 
  mantle," 
  indicating 
  the 
  color. 
  

  

  133 
  Vol. 
  1, 
  p. 
  29. 
  

   134 
  Excerpt. 
  Clus-cur. 
  

  

  13fi 
  See 
  also 
  the 
  quotation 
  from 
  Sir 
  Hans 
  Sloane's 
  account 
  in 
  Gentleman's 
  Magazine, 
  vol. 
  18, 
  Aug., 
  1748, 
  

   pp. 
  362, 
  et 
  seq. 
  

   is6 
  "Voyage 
  to 
  the 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope," 
  Transl, 
  I, 
  p. 
  263. 
  

  

  137 
  Scripture 
  Biography 
  for 
  the 
  Young. 
  — 
  Moses, 
  vol. 
  i, 
  p. 
  114. 
  

  

  138 
  Brace, 
  Miscellen 
  ana 
  der 
  neuesten 
  auslandischen 
  Literatur, 
  1834. 
  Heft. 
  10, 
  p. 
  107.— 
  Keferstein. 
  

   139 
  "Lahat, 
  Relat 
  de 
  1' 
  Afrique 
  Occidentale," 
  H, 
  p. 
  176.— 
  Hugh 
  Murray, 
  Hist 
  Occ. 
  of 
  Africa, 
  I, 
  pp. 
  188 
  

  

  and 
  238.— 
  Bitter. 
  

  

  140 
  Travels 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  Peru, 
  I, 
  p. 
  104. 
  

  

  141 
  See, 
  also, 
  Froreip, 
  Notizen 
  der 
  Natur- 
  und 
  Heilkunde, 
  vol. 
  28, 
  p. 
  136.— 
  Keferstein 
  

  

  