The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-01-18
INCIDENTS OF HISTORY.
TERRIBLE DEVASTATION BY LoCUsTs.

in LIDEN VI lohl.
TERRIBLE DEVASTATION BY LoCUsTs.
In Drummond Hays Travels in Western
barbary, he says that on one occasion, he wit
messed the ravages of The Locusts 10 the neigh |
borhood of TangIer, and can truly say in the
words of the Old Testament, "Fhey covered the |
face OF the whole earth, SO that the land was
darkened and they did eat every herb of the
land, and all the fruit of the trees, which the
hail had left, and there remained not any green
thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field :"
AT the period TO which refer,the locust first
appeared near Tanger in the winged form, and
did not commit much injury, but settled along
the sea Coast, deposited their eggs, and died.
Some monlhs afterwards, in July, if | recollect
rightly, the grub first appeared, and was about
the SIZE OF what is commonly called the lion
ant A price had been set by several Europe.
an residents at Tangier upon each pouad of
eggs, that was brought by the natives, and
macy thousand pound weight, by this means,
were destroyed, but, apparently, 1t is Of no
avail 1t was but the drop of water from the
ocean, for soon the whole face of the country
around was biackened by columns of these 70.
raclous insects; and as they marched on their
desolating track neither the Hottest barriers,
with heir numbers the hottest fire, the rear OF
the dreadful columns passed over the devoted
bodies of those who had preceded them. Across
drscnes, streams. rrvrrs, II was the same. Oh,
on they marched, and, as the foremost ranks OF
the advanced columns wera drowned, their DO
dies formed The raft for those that followed;
and where there seemed the most resistance to
their progress, lbi her did the destructive in
Sects appear to swarm in the greatest numbers.
One European resident at Tanger, the Consul
General OF Sweden, who possessed beautiful
garden IN the nelghborhood, aboundlng with
he chosest flowers, md shrubs of Europe and
AIica, Waged, for long time, successful war
against them. HIS large garden had the ad.
vantage OF high WALL and outside this bar
rler he had stationed laborers, hired for the
purpose of destroying the invading column
Often did the .Hoslems shake their heads, and
predicting sooner or later the destruction of
bis garden, exclam against the wlckedness and
Jolly OF the Nazarene in attempting to divert
he pectee of fate. At one time it had been .
hoped eat this beautiful seat, favorite resort I
If the Europeans, had been saved, for, whilst
al! aroun had been rendered bare and desolate,
ne garden yet rejolced in luxurance Of vege- v
atlon.-But the day soon came 10 which the Z
VI stems predictions were to te fulfilled. The
ocusts ling to be crawling grub5, put forth !
heir wings and took fight. Marlads, attracted :
~ the freshness, aIghted on this oasis of the =
desert, and in few hours eyery green blade
disappeared, the very bark Of fruit trees being
,nawed IN such manner as to render them in
capable ofproducng fruit the ensuing year.
At length favorable wind having arisen,
he iocusts took flight from around Tangier,
and the sky was darkened by their countless
hosts. Vast numbers of them were driven into
he sea, shoals Of their putrld bodies washed !,
back upon the coast proved 10 US. 1t not un-
happens That the stencil of the dead :
bydles OF this insect cause very bad contagious !,
ievers. The femre ocus;s when full of eggs.
become an article Of food with the Moors. They
are boiled in salt water, in the same manner as
shrimps, which they resemble in taste, but it re-
CURES some resolution at first 10 get the mon
sler into your mouth. When in the grub state
they are g'eedIly devoursn by the wild boar,
acka, fox, and other wild animals, and, on ia.
king wing, they are attacked by storks, hawks,
and almost all the featbered tribe
THE SOURCE OF HEALTH.
Many persons aint aware, that, by combining
themse YES To counting houses, stores and of.