"I'm puzzled." "So am I," said little Jan.
"And I," added Truey.
"Well, then," continued Hans, "millions of the insects crawl into the fires and put them out!" "Ho!" cried all in astonishment.

"How?
Are they not burned ?" "Of course," replied Hans.

"They are scorched and killed--myriads of them quite burned up.

But their bodies crowded thickly on the fires choke them out.

The foremost ranks of the great host thus become victims, and the others pass safely across upon the holocaust thus made.
So you see, even fires cannot stop the course of the locusts when they are in great numbers.
"In many parts of Africa, where the natives cultivate the soil, as soon as they discover a migration of these insects, and perceive that they are heading in the direction of their fields and gardens, quite a panic is produced among them.