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short time would have collapsed. Once, close to Melbourne, I visited a 

 fine house, where nearly every joist in the roof had been riddled by 

 borers, and they had then commenced their attacks on the furniture 

 in the dining and other rooms. This shows the advisability of having 

 man-holes in the roofs of buildings, so that an examination of the roof 



Spade Handles destroyed by Furniture Beetles. 



Axe Handles destroyed by Borers. 



supports may be made from time to time. In the case of the house 

 Teferred to the wood had been affected before it was placed in the build- 

 ing, as the place had been erected for only a short time, and all the 

 infested timber had to be taken out and replaced by the builder at his 



