IN THE BUNGALOW. 



the, walls of our katcha pakka bungalows 

 themselves, however, that we, the 

 occupiers of these usually most undesir- 

 able residences, suffer. From these 

 lurking places the worker white ants 

 issue in hordes and carry their earthen 

 galleries either in shallow narrow tunnels 

 or in broad earthen masses up the wall 

 or up the pillars or wooden posts and 

 beams or over the floors of our houses. 

 These earth sub- ways are being run up 

 to some sound beam in our roof top, and 

 once they have reached this, the horde 

 spreads itself over the surface under a 

 protective layer of mud and works its 

 way into the wood until gradually the 

 whole of the wood structure is removed, 

 the outer shell being left in such a condi- 

 tion that a casual inspection will give 

 one no suspicion of the state of affairs 

 inside. In eating out the heart of a beam 

 in this manner the termites leave strands 

 and knots of wood in situ in a most 

 clever manner, as shown here, these 

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