NATURAL HISTORY. 119 



The following is a picture, too, of the soldiers' 

 awls, seen through the microscope, to show 

 you how sharp they are. 



"And here is a picture of the labourer; the 

 largest part of the city is made up of the la- 

 bourers, which shows us, I think, boys, that 

 there is more need of working than there is 

 of fighting. 



Labourer of the Termites. 



This class, like the soldiers, is blind, and 

 scarcely ever go into the open air ; their work 

 is mostly under ground or in the inside of 

 wood. Both, however, do come out when 

 their city is attacked and broken : but I will 

 tell you of that presently." 



