| Index Entry | Drums, in Vienna, beat to drive off locusts |
| Location | Vienna |
| Citation | BG.749.043 7 Nov 1749:12 (1548) Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated Aug 26. ' Our attempts to drive away the locusts (which have appeared in our neighbourhood in still greater numbers than last year, and lay waste everything) by noise of drums and other instruments, have prov'd altogether ineffectual: They appeared indeed to be some what disturbed therewith at first, & removed to a little distance; but it seemed to be only to return in greater numbers. . . [23 more lines] |
| Generic Title | Boston Gazette |
| Date | 1749.11.07 |
| Publisher | Kneeland, S. and T. Green |
| City, State | Boston, MA |
| Year | 1749 |
| Bibliography | B0005204 |