Photo by American Colony Photographers, Jerusalem 

 A PIG TREE JUST BPPORP, THE LOCUSTS ATTACKED IT (COMPARE WITH NEXT PHOTO ) 



EOCUSTS CAUSE SEASICKNESS 



One evening it was heard that the 

 locusts had already reached the German 

 colony and the railroad station, and as 

 we went out the next day to see them, 

 scarcely had our carriage swung around 

 from the Jaffa Gate than we found the 

 white road was already black with them. 

 Ever in the same direction they pushed 



up the "Western Hill," still commonly 

 called Zion, even entering the houses 

 about the "Tomb of David." The roads 

 now became so slippery from the masses 

 of the little, greasy bodies crushed be- 

 neath the horses' hoofs that the horses 

 could scarcely keep a footing and had 

 consequently to be driven slowly and 

 with great care. Afterward it was heard 



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