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Introduction. 



times overtake some of the Eastern peoples, we 

 may well feel grateful that we live in a land of such 

 resources and promise. The threatened country is, 

 in the main, one of the most fertile regions on the 

 face of the globe. It has prospered in the past : it 

 will prosper in the future ; and in proportion as we 

 meet this locust enemy with enterprise and con- 

 certed, intelligent action, in that proportion shall 

 we vanquish it. 



