136 FXESH WOODS. 



upper four inches. These three circular 

 tables are firmly held together, but half an 

 inch apart, by a double central stem. The 

 cells are full of grubs now partly cooked. 

 They were all alive and wriggling uneasily 

 when I first opened the box. The tiers 

 must have been originally surrounded by 

 a thick encasement of the same material, 

 forming an almost circular ball, but part of 

 this has been broken away. Joyce promises 

 to send me a more perfect nest next time. 



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