GREAT LOCUST. 
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calls the Greatest Locust, it may not be im- 
proper to give some account of the terrible 
insects which it so nearly resembles; and 
which, as Edwards observes, " appear some- 
times in clouds, and cause famine in the lands' 
ihey visit. On the 4th of 'August 1748," 
adds he, " we were alarmed by their appear- 
ance in the neighbourhood of London ; but, 
jirovidentially, they were not in such numbers 
as to destroy the fruits of the earth. Vast 
numbers, however, of these Great Brownish 
Spotted Locusts," according to Edwards on 
tliat day, settled in all parts of the City of 
London, and in most parts of the kingdom of 
England; which much surprised the inhabi- 
tants, as no such event was remembered to 
iiave happened before by the generality of the 
people. I'hey have horns about an inch long ; 
their shape is very much like our common 
little Grasshopper, the head and horns are of 
a brownish colour ; they are blue about the 
mouth, and on the inside of the greater legs ; 
and the shield that covers the back is greenish, 
'fhe upper side of the abdomen is brown 
spotted with black ; aiul the under side of the 
body is purple. The six legs are brownish, 
having 
