Plate io Nests of Termites or " White Ants. 



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These huge erections are sometimes 20 feet in height, and represent the labour 

 of man}- generations of builders. The one in the foreground has been cut open to 

 show the galleries and passages of the interior, which are not so well-planned and 

 symmetrical as was formerly believed to be the case. 



Drawn by T. Carreras. 



