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viz. the Locufts. * One Ipecies of this 
■genus, the Gryllus Domefticus, refides 
in houfes, particularly where there arc 
ovens. 
& In this voyage (fays Adanfon) I was wit- 
anefs myfelf, for the firft time, to the mifchief 
done by Locufts ; that fcourge fo dreadful to hot 
climates ! The third day after our arrival we 
were ftill in the road, when there fuddenly arofe 
over our heads, towards eight o’clock in the 
morning, a thick cloud, which darkened the air, 
and deprived us of the rays of the Sun. Every 
body was furprifed at fo fudden a change in the 
Iky, which is feldom overcaft in this feafon : but 
we foon found that it was owing to a cloud of 
Locufts, railed about twenty or thirty fathoms 
from the ground, and covering an extent of fe- 
veral leagues ; upon which it poured a fhower of 
thofe infers, which fell to devouring while they 
refted themfelves, and then refumed their flight. 
This cloud was brought by a very ftrong Eaft 
wind ; it was all the morning in pafling over the 
adjacent country; and we imagined that the 
fame wind drove the Locufts into the fea. They 
fpread defolation wherever they came ; after de- 
vouring the herbage 3 with the fruits and leaves of 
trees. 
