THE SWAR.M 



the persons guilty of it are housed in 

 tilth}-, ruinous, squalid cabins. The>- are 

 clothed in some colourless hide. So great 

 does their ardour appear for this noxious, 

 or at an.\- r.ite useless activity that the}' 

 scarcel}- allow themselves time to eat or 

 to sleep. In numbers the\- are to the 

 others as a thousand to one. It is re- 

 markable that the species should h.ive been 

 able to sur\"i\'e to this day under conditions 

 so unfavourable to its development. It 

 should be mentioned, however, th.it apart 

 from this characteristic devotion to their 

 wearisome toil. the\- appear inoirensive and 

 docile : and satistled with the lea\-ing-s of 

 those who e\identl>- are the guardians, if 

 not the 5a\iours. of the race."' 



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