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At first he has four wings, but soon loses 

 them. He never grows any larger after he 

 loses them. The king may be known by his 

 having two large eyes. Here is the queen. 

 She is the mother of the whole city ; and you 

 see what a large body she has. It is full of 

 eggs, and eighty thousand will come from her 

 in twenty-four hours. She also has two eyes. 



Queen of the Termites. 



"Here is a soldier: he has a large head, 

 armed with two hooks, shaped like a crooked 

 awl, and very sharp. 



Soldier of the Termites. 



" For every one of these soldiers there are 

 about one hundred labourers. The soldiers 

 do the fighting ; and though they are perfectly 

 blind, they fight well, and are very brave. 



