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They came full grown, ripe for breeding; the ground was covered with the females digging in the soil and depositing their egg packets, and we knew that when they hatched we should be overwhelmed, for there was not a foot of ground in which these eggs were not to be found. THEY CAME FULL GROWN RIPE FOR BREEDING THE GROUND WAS COVERED WITH THE FEMALES DIGGING IN THE SOIL AND DEPOSITING THEIR EGG PACKETS AND WE KNEW THAT WHEN THEY HASHED WE SHOULD BE OVERWHELMED FOR THERE WAS NOT A FOOT OF GROUND IN WHICH THESE EGGS WERE NOT TO BE FOUND
nographer. What became of my report I do not know,--whether it was transmitted to the Department of State or whether Captain Decker communicated with Ambassador Morgenthau,--but at all events we soon began to see certain reforms inaugurated in parts of the country, and these reforms could have been effected only through pressure from Constantinople. The presence of the two American cruisers in the Mediterranean waters has without any doubt been instrumental in the saving of many lives. CHAPTER VII FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS While I was traveling in the south, another menace to our people's welfare had appeared: the locusts. From the Soudan they came in tremendous hosts--black clouds of them that obscured the sun. It seemed as if Nature had joined in the conspiracy against us. These locusts were of the species known as the pilgrim, or wandering, locust; for forty years they had not come to Palestine, but now their visitation was like that of which the prophet Joel speaks in the Old Testament.  CHAPTER SEVEN OF WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOTRE COURTINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERPOX DOT ORG WITH THE TURKS IN PALESTINE BY ALEXANDER AARONSON CHAPTER SEVEN FIGHTING THE LOCUSTS WHILE I WAS TRAVELLING IN THE SOUTH ANOTHER MENACE TO OUR PEOPLE'S WELFARE HAD APPEARED THE LOCUSTS FROM THE SUDAN THEY CAME IN TREMENDOUS HOSTS BLACK CLOUDS OF THEM THAT OBSCURED THE SUN IT SEEMED AS IF NATURE HAD JOINED IN THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST US THESE LOCUSTS WERE OF THE SPECIES KNOWN AS THE PILGRIM OR WANDERING LOCUST FOR FORTY YEARS THEY HAD NOT COME TO PALESTINE BUT NOW THEIR VISITATION WAS LIKE THAT OF WHICH THE PROPHET JOWL SPEAKS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
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