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SOME NOXIOUS INSECTS. 



Then there are the various Termites, the terror of 

 civilised man, the destroyers of his furniture, books, and 

 papers, the devourers of every piece of woodwork in his 

 house, and sometimes the underminers of the house 

 itself. 



The savage values them for the various ways in which 

 they contribute towards his livelihood. 



NESTS OF WHITE ANT, OR TERMITES. 



In the first place he eats them. 



In this country we revolt at the idea of eating in- 

 sects, but in savage lands the Termite is eaten, not as 

 a matter of absolute necessity, but of choice. Indeed, a 



