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  tliein, 
  and 
  so 
  destroy 
  them 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  flames 
  or 
  smoke. 
  The 
  ph\n 
  

   which 
  may 
  prove 
  most 
  effective 
  will 
  be 
  to 
  dig 
  a 
  trench 
  and 
  drive 
  the 
  

   locusts 
  into 
  it. 
  — 
  [From 
  E. 
  F. 
  Webster, 
  esq.^ 
  collector 
  of 
  Tanjore.] 
  

  

  TUTICORIN, 
  June 
  19, 
  1878. 
  

   The 
  locusts 
  which 
  invaded 
  Tuticorin 
  have 
  nearly 
  all 
  been 
  driven 
  by 
  

   the 
  strong 
  west 
  wind, 
  not 
  ©nly 
  to 
  the 
  ^'island" 
  and 
  Devil's 
  Point 
  (a 
  

   tongue 
  of 
  land), 
  but 
  over 
  these 
  into 
  the 
  sea. 
  They 
  were 
  all 
  winged, 
  

   and 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  catch 
  them. 
  Fire 
  was 
  either 
  im- 
  

   practicable 
  or 
  inadmissible. 
  They 
  appeared 
  on 
  11th 
  up 
  to 
  18th, 
  coming 
  

   apparently 
  from 
  westward 
  ; 
  but 
  few 
  are 
  left 
  at 
  present 
  behind 
  the 
  salt- 
  

   pans 
  where 
  fire 
  would 
  be 
  dangerous. 
  — 
  [From 
  F. 
  E. 
  Gibson, 
  esq., 
  sub- 
  

   collector 
  of 
  Tinnevelly.] 
  

  

  Trichendur, 
  June 
  21, 
  1878. 
  

   A 
  very 
  few 
  locusts 
  have 
  been 
  driven 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  at 
  Trichendur 
  also. 
  

  

  J. 
  B. 
  PEN:NI]SrGTON, 
  

  

  Collector. 
  

  

  ■ 
  May 
  30, 
  1878. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  reports 
  I 
  have 
  lately 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  depredations 
  by 
  young 
  locusts, 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honour 
  to 
  ask 
  whether 
  

   the 
  Board 
  contemplate 
  sanctioning 
  rewards 
  for 
  their 
  destruction. 
  

  

  While 
  holding 
  that 
  their 
  extermination 
  is 
  a 
  legitimate 
  duty 
  of 
  the 
  

   ryot, 
  the 
  people 
  are 
  so 
  apathetic 
  that 
  perhaps 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  case 
  it 
  might 
  

   be 
  advisable 
  to 
  offer 
  a 
  small 
  reward, 
  -say, 
  2 
  pies 
  per 
  measure, 
  for 
  all 
  

   young 
  locusts 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  Taluq 
  Cutcherry 
  or 
  produced 
  before 
  a 
  rev- 
  

   enue 
  inspector. 
  This 
  would 
  stimulate 
  the 
  small 
  boys 
  in 
  a 
  village 
  to 
  

   kill 
  them 
  in 
  numbers, 
  and 
  once 
  they 
  get 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  it 
  the 
  ryots 
  would 
  

   see 
  that 
  the 
  undertaking 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  hopeless, 
  as 
  they 
  now 
  consider. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  offer 
  of 
  a 
  reward 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  eggs, 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  better 
  to 
  give 
  rewards 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  female 
  locusts. 
  Those 
  

   that 
  I 
  have 
  recently, 
  caught 
  are 
  gravid, 
  and 
  although 
  there 
  are 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  few 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  getting 
  fewer 
  every 
  day, 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  a 
  good 
  plan 
  to 
  get 
  those 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  destroyed. 
  The 
  female 
  

   locust 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  the 
  male. 
  

  

  I 
  would 
  also 
  suggest 
  a 
  reward 
  of, 
  say, 
  1 
  rupee 
  for 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  

   fields 
  or 
  grass 
  lands 
  in 
  which 
  locust 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  deposited, 
  leaving 
  

   it 
  to 
  the 
  village 
  authorities 
  to 
  take 
  measures 
  for 
  ploughing 
  them 
  up 
  at 
  

   once. 
  — 
  [From 
  A. 
  McO. 
  Webster, 
  esq., 
  collector 
  of 
  Goimbatore.] 
  

  

  [From 
  H. 
  Tremenlieere, 
  esq., 
  acting 
  head 
  assistant 
  collector 
  to 
  A. 
  McC. 
  Webster, 
  esq., 
  

  

  collector 
  of 
  Coimbatore.] 
  

  

  PULLADUM, 
  Maij 
  22, 
  1878. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  twelve 
  intermediate 
  miles 
  from 
  Oodooinalpettah 
  to 
  Peryapatty 
  

   very 
  few 
  traces 
  of 
  locusts 
  were 
  found. 
  In 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  places 
  where 
  they 
  

   were 
  the 
  ryots 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  driving 
  them 
  away. 
  Their 
  numbers 
  did 
  

   not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  unmanageable. 
  

  

  At 
  Peryapatty 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  The 
  people 
  had 
  tried 
  in 
  

   every 
  way 
  to 
  drive 
  them 
  off, 
  but 
  without 
  success. 
  I 
  went 
  to 
  a 
  cholum 
  

   field 
  where 
  a 
  fine 
  crop 
  was 
  being 
  destroyed, 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  experiment 
  or- 
  

   ganized 
  a 
  drive. 
  It 
  was 
  interesting 
  as 
  showing 
  to 
  what 
  extent 
  it 
  is 
  

   true 
  that 
  the 
  ryots 
  can 
  do 
  nothing 
  to 
  preserve 
  their 
  crops. 
  This 
  field 
  

   was 
  about 
  a 
  cawny 
  in 
  extent, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  eleven 
  beaters. 
  Driving 
  

   the 
  insects 
  (few 
  only 
  had 
  wings 
  fully 
  developed) 
  foot 
  by 
  foot 
  down 
  into 
  

  

  