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[..ISCELLANEOUS WONDERS OF SATUB®' 
At Bombay, Mr. Forbes observes ‘"J"* (U-J f h •' 
so numerous and destructive that it is difficult 
tUnl,- .Icni-edations : iu a tew hours they ww 
hi.smetno'''®:,,,g.f 
sonumeroub auu uc:^Liu«.Livv>v.nviA .v ^ 
their depredations: in a tew hours they wtu 
large chest of bork.s. Papers, silk, or ctotbes.i_ 
lliem with a thousand holes ; the inhabitants d .^^^ «, ,, 
i box on the floor without placing it on gla.ss Do_^ 
i DOX OU UlC llUUl WILil^tlL 3 , ^ , y 
if kept free from dust, tiiey cannot ascend ; 
It Kept ncc ijuui uu.-n, Y ^ 
when compared with the serious mischief _ ffesd*' 
occasion, by penetrating the beams of a house, 
the timbers in a ship. 
to J 
c uiiiuti-T 111 AX uxx.f-. 
These destructive animals advance^ by ni> ..ni* a> 
LG uy ^‘v ' , 
of . fine sand, ^^,,1,, 
work, under an arched incrustation . 
with a moisture from their body, }®‘ ,';Le:i‘S 
way as hard as burnt clay, and effectually con ^ . 
their insidious employment. ,.(.si‘'‘^‘'.,.- 5 '' 
Mr. Forbes, (iu his departure from '''f ’‘ietii^'^V, 
Anjengo, to pass a few weelis at a conn 1 
locked up a room containing books, drav ■ o^^.^iit ../f 
locked up a room coutaiuiug uuo.i», sen'^"- n' ,. 
valuables ; as he took the key with 
not enter to clean the turnitiire ; the wall jra'' . ii'J 
white-washed, and adorned with punts til's fViii' ' 
English frames and glasses: returning ,i,(llc'''i;: : 
nt Ills coUaaeby c" In- 
bngusli irames aim -[Uidi'' 'itis 
jnd taking a cursory view ot h'® , ,,.3^ 
found every thing apparently in the ob'^,,v 
^ ^ XX . .ilC bxUiic. 
sut on a nearer inspection tlic^ 
number of advanced works, m vanoiis c rt 
his pictures; the glns,ses appear^ to be n 
and the frames covered with dust: ^ 
It off; lie w;,; astonished to tind Uie gla^ cgi; J 
not suspended in irames as he left them, ,vl , 
surrotuided by an incrustaium cemented j 
surrotiiKiea oy nu uieia.i.m--.. - j /■ 
who had actually eiilen up the deal traiues ■ ^ 
and the greater part of the paper, and Kiky, - 
by the i^iirustat^in, or covered-way, ^ h.cM^ ^1, 1 
J .. From the fut 
during their depredation. x-iwi„ i,oL ‘'V' 
whicii the drawers and boxes were ‘ 
wiped during bis absence, the ants had .(01". iii** .ti’, 
by mcan‘i ot Uic dust, eaten th’.^ig.i the ^ ■ 
hy means 01 um uus., bC'.Jii’f' 
and made some progress in periciuiting * .1 / 
tLc different functions ot the labourers a 
civil and military establishments, m a couj 
CIVU auu lumuu; — — . 
ants, are illusuated by Air. Smealhroan 
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