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Before leaving Friends we were waited upon by several farmers who 
hold land between Friends and Highbury and all had the same pitiful 
tale. The condition of their provision grounds was as at Friends, 
Philadelphia, etc, and the young were rapidly increasing. They ap- 
parently expected payment for the damage done, and yet by their own 
confession had attempted in no way to lessen the injury. 
After leaving Friends we called in at Providence, and Mr. Bullock 
informed us that the locusts were in the provisions grounds as in the 
other parts of the locust area, but as yet no injury had been done to 
canes. He mentioned having seen the locusts on wing flying high, 
and against the sea-breeze. 
Mr. Evans of Ma Retraite reports them on that estate, but as yet no 
damage to canes. 
Dr. Corner informed us that the locusts were not at Highbury, but 
this evidently refers to the canefields, since the farmers report the 
injury done to their provisions. 
On Tuesday we returned to Georgetown by steamer, having met Mr. 
Kelly the day previous in New Amsterdam on his arrival by the 
steamer. 
It is thus seen that we can confirm in detail the graphic account 
previously given by Mr. Huuter of the locust visitation and which has 
since been published. The provision lands have suffered considerably, 
and in some cases have been practically destroyed as regards the 
present crop. Worse is to be feared from the young ones which will 
be much more numerous than the old locusts, unless some attempt be 
made to destroy them or lessen their numbers. 
The canes which suffered but little real harm from the old locusts, 
may suffer from the young ones and most likely will do so in those 
cases where the eggs have been deposited in the canefields in which the 
young will hatch out, and feed — at least until their wings are developed. 
This has happened to a certainty at Friends, as we have since heard, 
on Mr. Hunter's authority. 
A noteworthy fa£t is the almost entire absence in the locust area of 
special enemies to the locusts: We saw no instances of birds eating or 
preying on them, and no case of other insects or grubs feeding upon 
them. A solitary ant was once observed carrying the body of a young 
locust. 
A striking feature in the locust area is the apathy of the farmers 
whose provision grounds are being destroyed. They have made no 
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