PLATE 10 NESTS OF TERMITES OR " WHITE ANTS." Page 86 



These huge erections are sometimes 20 feet in height, and represent the labour 

 of many generations of builders. The one in the foreground has been cut open to 

 show the galleries and passages of the interior, which are not so well-planned and 

 symmetrical as was formerly believed to be the case. 



Drawn by T. Carreras. 



