. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . Severn, that they hindered the millsfrom working. In 1751, many crops in Norfolkwere totally destroyed by them. One farmer gatheredno less than eighty bushels of these insects. In 1785,many provinces of France were so infested by them,that the government offered a reward for the bestmethod of destroying them. The larvae live three orfour years in the ground before they assume t
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . Severn, that they hindered the millsfrom working. In 1751, many crops in Norfolkwere totally destroyed by them. One farmer gatheredno less than eighty bushels of these insects. In 1785,many provinces of France were so infested by them,that the government offered a reward for the bestmethod of destroying them. The larvae live three orfour years in the ground before they assume their per-fect form. Their only nutriment is the roots of plantsand trees. It is more particularly in order to feastupon this grub, that the rooks follow the plough. In-deed, for nearly three months of the spring, rooks dolittle else than walk about the fields in quest of it. 136 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. THE LOCUST. The common great brown locust is about three inchesin length; it has two antennae, or feelers, about aninch long, and two pair of wings. The head andhorns are brown: the mouth and inside of the largerlegs bluish; the upper side of the body and upperwings brown, the former spotted with black, and the. DCUSI latter with dusky spots; the back is defended by ashield of a greenish hue; the under wings are of alight brown hue, tinctured with green, and nearlytransparent. These creatures are frequently men-tioned in the Old Testament. They were employedas one of the plagues for punishing the Egyptians,and, awful as that visitation was, there have not beenwanting later instances of their destructive agencyscarcely less terrible. They often migrate from theirnative country, probably in quest of a greater supplyof food. These nights are very frequent in Barbary,and generally happen at the latter end of March, orthe beginning of April, after the wind has blown fromthe south for some days. Mr. Barrow informs usthat, in South Africa, (in 1784 and 1797,) two thou-sand square mil
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