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were found there last year. In the woodland districts only two colonies 
of any extent exist at the present time. In tin- western parr of the town 
an occasional e<™ - cluster has been found this year. Nothing has been 
done in the town for two years except burlaping, and this year in 
taking off the burlaps all e,u'<r clusters found were destroyed. Tn Bpite 
of this paucity of work the town is in better condition than it was two 
years ago, and with means the extermination of the insect from the 
whole town is only a question of a short time. 
BELMONT. 
This was one of the towns early found infested (1*90). and the later in- 
spection showed the insect along the roads, on the farms, and also in the 
woods. Many of the colonies were exterminated prior to 1896, and dur- 
ing the preseut year much good work has been done there. Only an 
occasional caterpillar can now he found. The residential portion of the 
town was burlaped and the insects which now occur there are in the 
shrubbery about residences where the people have objected to the 
work. 
BEVERLY. 
In this town the insect was practically exterminated in 1896. In 
1897 old localities have been inspected once or twice, but nothing has 
been found. The original colonies, of which there were about ten. have 
been wiped out of existence. 
BOSTON". 
Prior to 1896 the insect was practically exterminated in East and 
South Boston. One colony in South Boston was cleared in 1896 and in 
1897 several dozen caterpillars were taken under burlap. These had 
evidently been brought in on vehicles. The Dorchester district was 
badly infested several years ago. but iu 1897 only an occasional cater- 
pillar was found, aud no egg clusters were found on careful inspection 
in the tall. In the Roxbury district, which was considerably infested 
in 1894, nothing was found on careful inspection this year. Franklin 
Park, which has been referred to in a previous section, and which con- 
tained in 1893 an old colony which, owing to conditions, was very 
difficult to exterminate, has been absolutely free of caterpillars both m 
189G and 1897. In Brighton and Charlestown the insect appears to be 
exterminated. All the old colonies were burlaped and inspected in 
Brighton and but one caterpillar was found. This had evidently been 
brought in accidentally from some other portion of the territory. 
BRMOKI.IM. 
Two important colonies of the moth were found in Brookline in L8 
This town is outside of the infested territory as mapped in L891. These 
colonies were of several years' growth, and the most energetic work 
was done in 1896 and 1897. A thorough inspection of the town was 
made in the winter of 1896-97 and no other colonies were found. The 
