196 AN IMMENSE FLIGHT OF LOCUSTS. 



reality to be a prodigious swarm of these destructive 

 insects, which settled in myriads around us, until the 

 vernal aspect of the country was changed to that of a 

 brown, dreary waste, and the whole face of nature 

 appeared to be covered by a vast living veil. 



We reached Graham's Town on the evening of 

 the 24th of December, and were received by our 

 esteemed friend, Mr. Nelson, who most kindly enter- 

 tained us during our stay. Here we met the Rev. 

 Messrs. Shaw, Archbell, Hodgson, and Boyce, 

 the last three having recently arrived from their Sta- 

 tions in the interior, to attend the annual Missionary 

 meeting about to be held at this period in Graham's 

 Town. From these gentlemen I learned many very 

 interesting particulars relating to the state of the 

 natives at their respective stations, to which I shall 

 have occasion to refer in the course of my narrative. 



