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by means of an instrument at her tail, called an ovipositor. 
These eggs sometimes amountto a hundred and fifty; they 
are about the size of carrawayseeds, white, oval, and of a 
horny substance. The female, having thus performed her 
duty, soon languishes and dies. In the beginning of May 
following a small white grub issues out of each egg. The 
creature passes about twenty days under this humble and 
creeping form ; after which, having assumed the pupa 
shape, whilst all the rudiments of the future Grasshopper 
are concealed under a thin outward skin, it retires under 
a thistle or a thorn-bush, most likely in order to be more 
secure ; and there, after a variety of laborious exertions, 
writhings, and palpitations, the temporary covering di- 
vides, and the insect jumps out of its exuvice, which it 
leaves under the friendly plant that gave it shelter in time 
of need. 
THE LOCUST, MOLE CRICKET, AND CRICKET. 
1. THE LOCUST. ( Gryllus, or Acrydium Migratorius.) 
THE Bible, which was written in a country where the 
Locust made a distinguished figure among natural pro- 
ductions, has given us several very striking images of these 
animals' numbers and rapacity. It compares an army to 
