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are increasing in height and size, they raise others, 
and so go on increasing the number and widening 
them at the base, till their works below are co- 
vered with these turrets, which they always raise 
the highest and largest in the middle, and by 
filling up the intervals, between each turret, col- 
lect them as it were into one dome. 
They are not very curious or exact about 
these turrets, except in making them very solid 
and strong, and when by the junction of, them the 
dome is completed, for which purpose the turrets 
answer as scaffolds, they take away the middle 
ones entirely, except the tops (which joined toge- 
ther make the crown of the cupola) and apply the 
clay to the building of the works within, or to 
erecting fresh turrets for the purpose of raising 
the hillock still higher; so that no doubt some 
part of the clay is used several times, like the 
boards and jiosts of a mason’s scaffold. 
The outward shell or dome is not only of use 
to protect and support the interior buildings from 
external violence and the heavy rains; but to col- 
lect and preserve a regular degree of genial 
warmth and moisture which seems very necessary 
for hatching the eggs and cherishing the young 
ones. 
“ The royal chamber, which I call so on ac- 
count of its being adapted for, and occupied by, 
the king and queen, appears to be in the opinion 
of this little people of the most conscipience, 
being always, situated as near the center of the 
interior Uuilding as possible, and generally about 
