'^ik The TERMn'ES, os whitb asts. 
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ij *^^‘^ect.4 mny he conr>Idcred, relatively to their s 
vrl. of 9 ,ac U/omn- r.'ikpd fn T'orw-lv -fivp times 
. a man, as beinc; raised to r.early five times the 
the - i - 
sreatest of the Egyptian' pyramids ; that is, 
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tidded. that 
"•> uie nurseries, niaga/aucs ui |nu,jcm<uj,, .u^-ucu 
galleries, ^ wi th their various communications ; 
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size. 
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witli considerably more (than half a mile, 
with respect to the interior con- 
; and the various members and dispositions of the 
buildings, they appear greatly to exceed that. 
tiij *her i^^iniirn construction. 
'Silts, 
striking parts of these structures are, the royal 
the mmseries, magazines of provisions, arched 
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of the gothic- shaped arches, projected, and not 
, lik^ Mere excavation, some of udiich are two or three 
W.. .(all, hm which dimini.sh rapidly, like the arches of 
^ wnicn aulJlIll.Sil u^jiui^y, me niv-iAu-ti m 
. iitia ^'*i‘’spectives ; the various roads, sloping stairca.ses, 
‘UlTfip. . . ^ „ . _T_ .1 »,,.1 
iges 
.die 
.Miich 
consisting of one vast arch, and conslrncted__ to 
distance between the several parts of the 
; bhild- 
v\'es ^ ' 'Would otlierwise communicate only by winding 
*1 'bin' 'he plate, a section is given of one of these 
"lounds or ant hills ; and likewise the section of 
^ Sei ^'irmoanted by its conical roof. In some parts 
stf ’*;gal, the number, magnitude, and closeness of 
'•■'Ures, make them appear like the villages of die 
'til- 
3 n.i![“"oniy of these industrious insects is equally cu- 
(piinjj, 'he plan and arrangement of the interior of then 
i^i. k "^here are three distinct ranks or orders among 
aie uucc utauiicu .icuiivtj 
i.^’i.fifjps'itniing a well-regulated community. 
These 
’itcj^h the. lalourci's, or working insects ; next, tha 
lavourt/A, ui , »iv.-vv, — 
■IV fightiricr order, who abstain from all labour, 
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It) “P"' twice as long as the former, and equal 
-(Inflect- °ft fifteen of 'them ; and, lastly,^ the wing. 
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iged. 
SL,,'‘'®ccts, which may be styled the nobility or ge?itr^ 
!i.%!g 'c ; for they neither labour nor fight, being scarcely 
elJ"' of self-defence. These alone are capable ot 
kings or queens; audit has been so ordained 
V 'kvj.’ 'hat they emigrate within a few weeks after they 
i'ti'isij ; 'p this state,' and either establish new kingdoms. 
fir!? space of one or two days. 
order, tire working insects, are most nurnerous. 
proportion of one hundred to one of the sol- 
'his state they are about a quarter of an inch 
