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long, 
MISCBI.LANEOUS WONDEKS OF 
and twentj^-five of them weigh about 
tliat they are not so large as some of the arits of 5'. 
The second order, or soldiers, have a very d'' 
from the labourers, and have been by some ^ ^ 
posed to be the males, and the former theneute'^i^jjy 
are, in reality, the same insects as tlie foregoing’ |jju 
they have undergone a change of form, and apl't®' 
degree nearer to the perfect state. 
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The third order, or the insect in its perfect ^ 
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its form still more than ever, dift'ering in 
part from the labourers and soldiers ; beside 
now furnished with four fine, large, 
wings, with which it is, at the time of cmig’'3d‘^^j.t'!i‘'^i,, 
its way in search of a new settlement. The 
Indeed, so great, that these perfect insects ha^' 
recently, been supposed to belong to the same 
with the others, and are not to be discovered 
until just before the commencement of the 
when they undergo the last change, which >* ‘^| ia jif 
to the formation of new colonies. They are c^ piil'^j,;:' 
to two soldiers and about thirty labourers ; an 
aid of their wings, roam about for a few hoursj 
wings fall off, and they become the prey 
birds, reptiles, and Insects. Hence it happen” 
a pair of many millions of this unhappy , y th^, / 
of safety, to fulfil the first law of nature, and 
dation of a new community. In this state *’■ / 
the neighbouring waters, and are eaten with a 
Africans, who roast tliem in the manner e 
find them delicate, nourishing, and wholesome- j p,?*- |f 
The few fortunate pairs who survive this am j U uf 
and destruction, being casually found by ([je 
bourers, who are constantly running about 
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of tlie ground, are elected kings and queens — 
Those who are not so elected and >" (f^ 
perish, and most probably in the course of .„,tl 
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Jay. By these industrious creatures the 
elect are immediately protected from then ^j^y, 
enemies, by inclosing them in a chamber o , ^ 
the propagation of the species soon comm® 
voluntary subjects then busy themselves 
wooden nurseries, or apartments entirely comp® 
