| Show 1 A stern storm of insect insects 1 outlets ll 11 1 we wo had been frecking tre trec trebling cling king alt all dw day following a pretty well marled trail lakemann Lake gann about 4 in in lie the afternoon I 1 noticed a little gray grav UA L v raath a cloud IOUI of Nl mount suddenly from rom the horizon far ur in in the nort northeast heifet I 1 to drift along 1 in in an ail oda fitful manner in inner then another and another robe into view I 1 asic whether a as rising far for I 1 hul had heardie hear dif of the dut tornado tornadoes of ho fie desert the blinded shaded lue his eyes and t took ook a look ie de hanen banen lie suddenly ie lie babien 11 I 1 loati X by this tin time the tile kaffir driven drivers had I 1 taken up the cry De ha hanen neill all in a si state of considerable excite merit I 1 ho lie fitful bluet black v wreaths on the horizon rapidly spread out and rose higher and 10 ingher her theme all seemed to bo be vi and driving on oil like vind ind swept emote smoke am 3 et they 1 miles coay ilio the course of 0 their drick drill nas from northeast nort lo 10 sout southwest hest and hence diagonally diao nall to our hoe line of travel we e gradually drew nearer a to this arising arm ahn h fiat out too tho CK en tire land landi cape apo on thu that side mounting up wreath on oil wreath thu thus tor for two hours ae e watched watt lied it whirling bavi by hile I 1 ghigli agh aboe above tho the borders of the cloud el and flocks of birdi birds then as its ae approached closer the roar of tho the storm began began a roar as ota of a sniff driven debower of rain rain and hail bail it obscured tho the setting sun a breit eat gloom descended on oil tho the plain then ien out flyers ali ers froin from tho tile throngs becan to whiz past ast high oer our lieada fin but ut t they ey bein striling the earth the cattle and tho the fagons all about us tile 1 oen oxen put up their nowa and snuffed tho tile air then shook their leads uneasily tine cisily all im po pony on arted 1 nd champed at las le bit vit ta the kaffir driven shouted d ind and coo td ed tu to each 0 other ther wherever they truck they clung great gray grasshoppers with iut dry crackling irai klin i inifi with a flutter flatter hey they fell thousands and millions of them thera every blide blade of gras grass every thicket and all tits ground turned suddenly ly gray tito oxen too and tha the warn ern equally beset the beels shed litin hundreds aredis of them Y cru we e muffled failand fAie and on as it if facing sonio fierce betorin some billiard blizzard of atthe the norths et in tit my ray native land theroan tho roar and the bulling buzzing viere prodigious eairy abero now under tinder toot foot the little incer vAts and ni marmoras of tho the veldt aero catchine catchin I 1 in and eating them our was colvil too dil did the same sometimes the noise wag iilo 1110 0 tho the whirl of machinery in n a cri at utora f korv above aich we me could hear the TL lid ild screaming of the th Alandi i of birds overhead oc dochad had iut vat that tho the trail led us into this insect tornado me a should havo have turned aida aside it i waa was important import jint that we should reach a aloy aft aniulis tile hills there here there wai water P i m kept lei ton oil till after unset when hen with duik dulk ilia winged crout ures tied to tile earth tho the roaring had now emki bilt tho tile thies and the hofe of tin tho eattle crunched aad an d their ou 1 ait tere r 41 l no i ties ando binl the plain with a becu lecul ar grating nolee as they crept and crawled tater r edi other at length mo reacted the lw and out spanned p boned our rattle cattle I 1 fearcie they would ft not find it st glai left for them but billy only lauceil and said otha goolt frt art t mil mit do deeter deet kr dey vill eit eat de cation lin iii ami anil so they did Actu actually illy cropped the ill air bicle ufa ual as if tha th ald been grass I 1 I 1 16 |
