Great Flight of Locusts
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Religious Authority, Natural History, Animal Behaviour |
Reports on a 'great number of locusts seen about Rome'. Denominated 'L. clericalis', these are evidently Catholic clergymen, and are described as having 'long, black, grey, or brown envelopes' and as feeding 'on the fat of the land'. | |
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