THE SWARM 



seiner. They come .ir.J rhey g'o. they 

 meet and disperse, bur one knows not 

 \vh.ir it is ihey seek. In numberless 

 e.ises the speei.iele thev present is 

 altoj;'ether inexplie.ible. There .tre some. 

 for in.st.m.ee. N\"ho. as it were, seem 

 5C.ireely to stir fronn their pl.iee. They 

 are to be d;s:i:ig:uished by their glossier 

 co.it. and often too by their more con- 

 siderable bulk. They occupy buildings ten 

 or t\vent\" times larger than ordin.in.' 



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elling>. and riciier. and more ingen- 



iouslv fashioned. Ever}- day they spend 

 nian\- hours at their nieals. N\'hiich sonie- 

 times indeed are prolonged far into the 

 nigh:. The\' appear to be held in extra- 

 ordinan- honour b\- those who approach 

 tnem : men con:e from the neighbouring; 

 3 L iy J 



