The principal source is J, from which are derived six plagues, viz.
Locusts are conspicuous among the common plagues of the country.
From 1880 to 1890 when the French vineyards suffered so much from vanous plagues.
There were locust plagues in 1874, 1876 and 1877.
The legends are thick in every culture, from floods to plagues to volcanoes and the ground rising up to swallow people, to the influence of men who slaughtered whole nations for entertainment.
