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PHYLLOXERA VA8TATRIX, OR 
No. 3. 
Sir C. Murray to Earl Granville. — 
{Received 15th July.) 
Cintra, 3rd July, 1872. 
My Lord, 
A few days after sending to your Lordship my 
despatch of the 12th ultimo, on the subject of the 
ravages reported to have been committed in the vine 
districts by the Phylloxera vastatrix, I addressed a 
despatch to Mr. Consul Crawfurd, at Oporto, desiring 
him to make all the inquiries necessary in his neigh- 
bourhood, and furnish me with such information as he 
could collect on the subject. I have received his 
report, and have the honour to enclose it herewith. 
Your Lordship will observe, on reading it, that 
Mr. Crawfurd seems of opinion that the fears, amount- 
ing almost to a panic in some districts, which have 
arisen concerning the ravages of this insect are very 
much exaggerated, and he attributes this very much 
to the recent publication of a pamphlet on this subject 
by Senhor Oliveira. I am inclined to agree in this 
opinion to some extent, for I have procured and read 
the pamphlet, on the inaccuracies of which Mr. Craw- 
furd comments in very severe terms. I am not sure, 
however, that Mr. Crawfurd does not underrate, as 
much as Senhor Oliveira may overrate, the damages 
caused or to be apprehended from this mischievous 
insect ; for though Mr. Crawfurd may correctly desig- 
nate the pamphlet as " a hasty and ill-judged compila- 
