THE WHITE ANTS, 



THOUGHT I had 



5>:Er gone nearly through 

 the list of our pests, 

 and have been fondly 



__ir ^E= giving the rein of late 

 to that pleasing disposi- 

 tion which delights always to look on the bright 

 "^ side of things, and now I find narrow, tortuous 

 tubes of mud showing themselves at certain strategic points 

 on the floor and walls. The arch-scourge of humanity, the 

 foe of civilization and blight of learning, the Goths, Ostro- 

 goths, Huns, Vandals of Indian life, are preparing for their 

 summer campaign, mustering their hordes, and going forth 

 to sack our libraries, ravage our museums, desolate our 



