INSECTS. 
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the upper wings are marked witn variegations of 
dark and pale green. Its length is four inches ; and 
the wings, when expanded, measure about seven. 
3. We can hardly conceive of the immense num 
bers of these destructive insects, which are found in 
the eastern continent. When they fly, they appear 
like a dark cloud, and obscure the light of day. 
4. Wherever they alight, they make a dreadful 
havoc among the vegetation, destroying grass, 
leaves, and every appearance of verdure. They soon 
give a fruitful country the appearance of complete 
barrenness. 
5. In their flights they have been known to fall 
into the sea in such myriads as to form banks on 
the shore of three or four feet in height, and fifty 
miles in length. Dying in such vast quantities, they 
render the air pestilential, and absolutely insupport- 
able to the inhabitants. 
THE GRASSHOPPER. 
6. This little insect, that breeds in such abun- 
dance in every meadow, and continues its chirping 
through spring and summer, is well known. Its 
colour is greenish. 
7. It has four wings and six legs, the hinder legs 
What is related of those found in the eastern continent ? 
Give a general description of the Grasshopper. 
