THE SECOND VOLUME. Vll 



nature. The Branchellion ; its external characters ; its lym- 

 phatic respiration. The natural method ; insufficiency of the 

 principle of dominant characters in the study of the lower animals 



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CHAP. X. 



THE COASTS OF SAINTONGE. 

 CHATELAILLON ; ESNANDES. 



The evident marks of great changes in the coast of Saintonge ; 

 encroachment of the sea; destruction of Montmeillan, and of 

 Chatelaillon ; accumulations due to marine action ; salt marshes. 

 The former gulf of Poitou; elevation of Saint-Michel-en- 

 1'Henn ; Esnandes. Walton the Irishman ; his introduction of a 

 new breed of sheep ; his nets ; the aeon and bouchot; Mussel-beds. 

 Excursions to Esnandes ; shrimp-fishing. The Termites; ancient 

 fables regarding them ; habits of the Termes bellicosus ; the 

 buildings erected by these insects ; fecundity of the queen ; the 

 ravages occasioned by them. French Termites; their recent 

 appearance in Europe ; the Rochelle Termites ; the destruction 

 they have effected in the Prefecture of that city. Observations 

 made on Termites in confinement; means of destroying these 

 insects. The recent observations of M. Lespes. The moral 

 and spiritual influences of zoological studies - 294 



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