CONTENTS. 



31. Its doors. — 32. The sur- 

 ronnding antecham'bers and corri- 

 dors. — 33. The nurseries.— 34. 

 Their walls and partitions. — 35. 

 Their position varied according to 

 the exigencies of the colony. — 36. 

 The continual repair and altera- 

 tions of the habitation. — 37. 

 Peculiar mould which coats the 

 walls. — 38. The store-rooms for 

 provisions — the inclined paths 

 which approach them — ^the curious 

 gothic arches which surmount the 

 apartments. — 39. The subterra- 

 nean passages, galleries, and 

 tunnels. — 40. The covered ways 

 by which the habitation is ap- 

 proached. — 41. The gradients or 

 slopes which regulate these co- 

 vered ways. — 42. The bridges by 

 which they pass from one part of 

 the habitation to another. — 43. 

 Keflections on these wonderful 

 works. — 44. The tenderness of 

 their bodies render covered ways 

 necessary. — 45. When forced to 

 travel above ground they make a 

 covered way — if it be accidentally 

 destroyed they will reconstruct it. 

 €hap. II. — 46. Turrets built by the 

 Termes mordax and the Termes 

 atrox. — 47. Description of their 

 structure. — 48. Their king, queen, 

 worker, and soldier. — 49. Inter- 

 nal structure of their habitation. 

 - — 50. Nests of the Termes arbo- 

 rum. — 51. Process of their con- 

 struction. — 52. Hill nests on the 

 Savannahs. — 53. The Termes luci- 

 fiigus — the organisation of their 

 societies. — 54. Habits of the 

 workers and soldiers — the mate- 

 rials they use for building. — 

 55. Their construction of tunnels. 

 — 56. Nests of the Termes arbo- 



rum in the roofs of houses. — 57. 

 .Destructive habits of the Termes 

 bellicosus in excavating all species 

 of wcod-work — entire houses de- 

 stroyed by them. — 58. Curious 

 process by which they iill with 

 moi-tar the excavations which they 

 ma.ke — destruction of Mr. Smeath- 

 man's microscope. — 59. Destruc- 

 tion of shelves and wainscoting. — 

 60. Their artful process to escape 

 observation, — 61. Anecdotes of 

 them by Kcempfer and Humboldt. 

 ■ — 62. Destruction of the Gover- 

 nor's house at Calcutta — destruc- 

 tion by them of a British ship of 

 the line. — 63. Their manner of 

 attacking timber in the open air 

 — ^their wonderful pbwer of de- 

 stroying fallen timber. — 64. The 

 extraordinary behaviour of the 

 soldiers when a nest is attacked. 

 ■ — 65. Their rage and fury against 

 those who attack them. — 66. Their 

 industry and promptitude in re- 

 pairing the damage of their habi- 

 tation. — 67. The vigilance of the 

 soldiers during the process of re- 

 paii-. — 68. Effects of a second 

 attack on their habitation, con- 

 duct of the soldiers.— 69, Diffi- 

 culty of investigating the structure 

 of their habitations — obstinate 

 opposition of the soldiers — dis- 

 covery of the royal chamber — 

 fidelity of the subjects to the 

 sovereign — curious experiment of 

 Mr. Smeathman. — 70. Curious 

 example of the repair of a par- 

 tially destroyed nest. — 71. The 

 marching Termites — curious ob- 

 servation of their proceedings by 

 Smeathman — remarkable conduct 

 of the soldiers on the occasion. 



INSTINCT AND INTELLIGENCE. 



Chap. I.— 1. Instinct defined,— 

 2. Independent of experience or 

 practice, — 3. Sometimes directed 

 by afpetite,— 4. A simple faculty 



independent of memory, — 5, In- 

 stinctive distinguished from intel- 

 ligent acts, — 6. Instinct and in- 

 telligence always co-exist, — 7. 



