1 78 THOSE OTHER ANIMALS. 



be thus placed at the service of humanity. There would 

 be the additional advantage, that the problem, now so much 

 mooted, of our raising eggs sufficient for our consumption 

 without dependence upon foreign sources, would be in this 

 way finally solved. Whether such a much-to-be-desired con- 

 summation is to be arrived at by the inoculation of the hen 

 with the blood of the female white ant, or by some other 

 method, is a point that must be left to scientific men. It is 

 only necessary for us to indicate a subject of research to- 

 wards which their studies and investigations may be directed, 

 with the certainty that, if successful, they would be of real 

 utility to the human race. 



