. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ght; irripov, a wing.) t.). fcgv- le Locust. i of the earth belong se the wings are not where they descend, ;rhage—the trees are corn is eaten to the 5 as to infl'ct a severe ' handled. Nor does leir dead bodies often ir is even dangerously ntral Asia, but they 'here the damage they in their native lands, great that a few days ut in Europe a whole 3 following account of Mr. Cummiug's South NATURAL HISTORY. 493 " On the following day I liad the ))loasuro of beholding the first flight of locusts that I liad
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. ght; irripov, a wing.) t.). fcgv- le Locust. i of the earth belong se the wings are not where they descend, ;rhage—the trees are corn is eaten to the 5 as to infl'ct a severe ' handled. Nor does leir dead bodies often ir is even dangerously ntral Asia, but they 'here the damage they in their native lands, great that a few days ut in Europe a whole 3 following account of Mr. Cummiug's South NATURAL HISTORY. 493 " On the following day I liad the ))loasuro of beholding the first flight of locusts that I liad seen since my ai'rival in the colonj'. Wo were standing in tlie middle of a plain of unlimited length, and about five miles across, when I observed tliem advancing. On they came like a snow-storm, flying sl(jw and steady, about a hundred yards fi'om the ground. I .stood looking at them until the air was darkened witli their masses, while the plain on which wo stood became deuselj' covered with them. Far as my eye couhl reach, east, west, north, and south, they stretched in one unbroken cloud ; and more than an hour elapsed before their devastating legions had swept by " Locusts aftbrd fattening and wholesome food to man, bii'ds, and all sorts of beasts; cows and Our hungry dogs made a fine feast on them. The cold frosty night had rendered them unable to take wing until the sun sheuld restore their powers. As it was diflficidt to obtain sufficient food for my dogs, I and Isaac took a large blanket, which we sjjread imder a bush, whose Itrauches were bent to tlie gi-ound with the mass of hicusts which covered it, and having shaken the branches, in an instant I had more locusts than I could carry on my back ; these we roasted for oui-selves and our ; Our common grasshoppers belong to this order, but require no description. Tlie Cockroach {Blatta orientalis), erroneouslj^ called by housewives, the "Black-beetle" (it not being a beetle at all, a
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