124 INSECT ARTIZANS AND THEIR WORK 



sheets of lead, and these may be thought to block 

 the Horn-tail's way. But not so ; the perfect 

 insect has jaws as good as the grub, and it makes 

 no fuss about a sheet of lead : it eats a way through. 

 It has even been known to eat through leaden bullets 

 that barred the way to liberty, and has gone through 

 a bale of woollen clothing that was in the way on 

 another occasion. 



