. Un système d'histoire naturelle : contenant des scientifiques [sic] et des descriptions populaires de l'homme, des quadrupèdes, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles et des insectes . e dépouillés de leur verdure, la puissance de la végétation est • Acridium migratorium, Lat. INSECTA — CRICKET. 833 si grand, qu'un intervalle de trois ou quatre jours répare la calamité; mais dans le nord de l'Europe, la verdure est la décoration d'une saison; et en cas de perte, les habitants doivent attendre jusqu'à ce que le printemps qui suit répare les dégâts. Les be-sides, dans leurs longs vols vers cette partie du monde, ils sont famés par la méchanceté de leur voyage, et sont donc

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. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . e stripped of their verdure, the power of vegetation is • Acridium migratorium, Lat. INSECTA —CRICKET. 833 so great, that an interval of three or four days repairs the calamity; but inthe north of Europe, the verdure is the livery of a season; and when lost, the inhabitants must wait till the ensuing spring repairs the damage. Be-sides, in their long flights to this part of the world, they are famished by thetediousness of their journey, and are therefore more voracious wherever theyhappen to settle. But it is not by what they devour that they do so muchdamage, as what they destroy. Their very bite is thought to contaminate theplant, and to prevent its vegetation. To use the expression of the husband-man, they burn whatever they touch, and leave the marks of their devasta-tion for two or three years ensuing. But if they be noxious while living, they are still more so when dead; for wherever they fall, they infect the airin such a manner, that the smell is insupportable. THE CRICKETi. Very much resembles the grasshopper in its shape, its manner of ruminat-ing, its voice, its leaping, and methods of propagation. It differs in itscolor, which is uniformly of a rusty brown; in its food, which is more vari-ous ; and in its place of residence, which is most usually in the warmestchinks behind a country hearth. They are, in some measure, obliged to thebad masonry employed in making peasants houses for their retreats. Thesmallest chink serves to give them shelter, and where they once make theirabode they are sure to propagate. They are of a most chilly nature, seldomleaving the fireside ; and if undisturbed, are seen to hop from their retreatsto chirp at the blaze in the chimney. The wood cricket is the most timorousanimal in nature ; but the chimney cricket, being used to noises, disregardsthem. Whether the voice of this animal is

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