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and place feveral Perfons along its Edges, provided 
with Brooms, and fuch-like things, while another 
numerous Set of People form a Semicircle, that takes 
in both Ends of the Trench, and encompafles the 
Locufls, and, by making the Noife above-mentioned, 
drive them into the Trench ; out of which if they 
attempt to efcape, thofe on the Edges are to fvveep 
them back, and then crufh them with their Brooms 
and Stakes, and bury them, by throwing in the Earth 
again. 
But when they have begun to fly, there fhould be 
Horfemen upon the Watch in the Fields, who, upon 
any Appearance of the Swarm taking Wing, fhould 
immediately alarm the Neighbourhood by a certain 
Signal, that they might come and fright them from 
their Lands by all Sorts of Noife y and if, tired with 
flying, they happen to pitch on a wafte Piece of 
Land, it will be very eafy to kill them with Sticks 
and Brooms, in the Evening, or early in the Morn- 
ing, while they are wet with the Dew; or any time 
of the Day in rainy Weather y for then they are not 
able to fly. 
1 have already taken notice, that, if the Weather 
be cold or wet in Autumn, they generally hide them- 
felves in fecret Places, where they lay their Eggs, 
and then die : Wherefore great Care fhould be taken 
at this time, when the Ground is freed of its Crop, 
to deflroy them, before they lay their Eggs. 
In this Month of September 174.8. we received 
certain Intelligence, that feveral Swarms of Locufts 
came out of Walachia into Tranjihania thro" the 
ufual Inlets, and took Pofiefllon of a Trad of Land 
in the Neighbourhood of Clausberg , , near three 
E 2 Miles 
