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Aey Swardfi. In this Pofture, of \ymg Ml and covert 
under the Leaves of the Trees^ or clinging to me Bran- 
ches, they continued quiet wich little or no Morion du- 
ring the Heat of the Sm, but towards Evening or vSun- 
fet, they would all rife, difperfe, and fly about» with 
a ftrange humming Noife, much like the Beating of 
Drums at fome Diitance, and in fuch vaft incredible 
Numbers, that they darkned the Air for the Space of 
Two or Three Miles fquare. 
Thofe that were Travelling on the Roads, or abroad 
in the Fields, found it very uneafy to make their way 
through them, they would fo beat and knock themfelves 
againft their Faces in their Flight, and with fuch a Force^ 
as to fmart the Place where they hit, and leave a flight 
Marke behind them. 
This, though it was no little Trouble, efpecially to 
Children, and thofe that were more Nice and Timorous 
of the Female Sex yet it was not the only Inconveni- 
ence they brought along with them ; for a ftiort while 
after their coming, they had Co entirely eat up and de- 
flroy'd all the Leaves of the Trees for fome Miles 
round about, that the whole Country, though it was in 
the Middle of Summer^ was left as bare and naked as if 
it had been in the Depth of Winter^ making a moft un- 
feemly and indeed frightful Appearance; and the Noife 
they made, whilft they were feizing and devouring this 
their Prey, was as furprifing ; for the Grinding of the 
Leaves in the'Mouths of this vaft Multitude all together, 
made a Sound very much refembling the Sawing of 
Timber, 
Nor were the Trees abroad, and Hedges in the Field 
the only Sufferers by Ms Vermin, they came alfo into 
the Gardens, and deftrcy*d the Buds, Blofl^rms, and 
Leaves of all the Fruit Trees, that they were left per- 
fectly naked; nay, many of them, that were more di- 
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