THE SWARM 

 the remains of three snails that a child 

 had introduced into the hive. As a rule, 

 when dealing witli snails, they will be 

 content to seal up with wax the orifice 

 of the shell. But in this case the shells 

 were more or less cracked and broken; 

 and they had considered it simpler, there- 

 fore, to bury the entire snail; and had 

 fiirther contrived, in order that circulation 

 in the entrance-hall might not be impeded, 

 a utimber of galleries exactly proportion- 

 ate, not to their own girth, but to tliat 

 of the males, which are almost twice as 

 Jaife as themselves. Does not this in- 

 stance, and Ihe one that follows, warrant 

 our beIte\Tng that they would in time 

 discover the cause oTihe queen's inability 

 to foDow them through the trdlis ? They 

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