Show Flying Plying Feats of Grasshoppers n I-n iE grasshopper would seem to have nothing T THE in common with the the- seagull yet et they are reported as having been picked up In swarms at al sea In some cases DO no less than l tO miles from the tho nearest land Tho The African grasshopper has been known to cross the Red and Mediterranean seas In destructive destructive tive numb numbers rs and even eyen to fly to the Canary Islands For the most are of at a migratory species noted for or Its great reat J fi The bodies are about four tour inches long and aro arc equipped with wIlli largo large air aft sacs In is addition to the usual breathing tubes Theao Thero sacs acs buoy up the insect so ao that it is able to stay lu In tho air for days at a time exerting practically no effort at nIl all During flight its speed is said Bald to miles miles miles-an hour When vary ar from three to twenty an It Is ts tired It rests on th tho water and aud Is borne along on tho the waves I t t |