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Miles in Length ,* where it was ncrt pofTible to favc 
the Millet and Turkijh Wheat from thefe Devourers. 
I am of Opinion, that no Inftances of this kind 
will occur in our Hiftory, except what fome old 
Men remember, and what we have experienced ; at 
leaft there is no Account, that any Locufls came 
hither, which did not die before they laid their 
-Eggs ; however, this is a known Fact, that, about 
forty Years ago, fome Swarms came hither out of 
JValachia y and did vaft Damage wbere-ever they 
fettled 5 but either left this Country before the End of 
Summer, or died by the Inclemency of the Weather. 
Perhaps better Remedies may be had from other 
Countries, where this Evil is more common, againft 
next Springj for the Winter Seafon is very fafe from 
this Plague. 
The Gentleman, to whom the foregoing Account 
was fent from Tranfilvania to Vienna , and who 
tranfmitted it hither, has alfo informed us, that a 
ebnfiderable Number of thefe Locufts had alfo come 
within twenty Leagues of that City ; and that one 
Column of them had been fecn there, which was 
about half an Hour's Journey in Breadth ; but of 
fuch a Length, that, after three Hours, tho’ they 
feemed to fly faft, olie could not yet fee the End of 
the Column. The Eggs of thefe Animals, which 
have been preferved in dry Mould, have produced 
nothing $ but thole that have been preferved in 
Mould that was moiftened with Water from time 
to time, gave early in the Spring of 1749. fome of 
thefe Grafshoppers. The little ones were, foon after 
they came forth, of the Size nearly of ordinary 
Elies : They had already the Fomi of Grafshoppers, 
thefe 
