NESTING ARCHITECTURE 



(long), and of a man one hundred and seventy-six times 

 as high (five and one-half feet). [McC. 4.] \Yere we 

 to reckon a proportionate rate of progress between 

 the two on the basis of height, our man would have to 





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Fig. 18 A CONNECTED SERIES OF STORE-ROOMS (A, B, C, D) , OR 



GRANARIES AND CHAMBERS OF THE OCCIDENT ANT 



be credited with a storied structure one thousand four 

 hundred and eight feet deep. Apart from such fanciful 

 comparisons, it is certainly well calculated to excite our 

 wonder that such insignificant creatures can, by their 

 united exertions, bring about results relatively so vast . 

 unaided by mechanical contrivances. 



The numerous chambers which in honey-ant structures 



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