The termites 
iliis^ nest or city. 
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..j j . On making a breacli in any part 
with a hoe or pick-axe, a soldier iinme- 
and walks about the breach, as if to see 
enemy is gone, or to examine whence the 
s. In a short time he is followed by two or 
"Ut afterwards by a numerous body, who 
broach will permit them, their numbers 
jjg _as long as any one continues to batter the build- 
y a^it P"g this lime they are in the most violent bustle 
^ ; some being employed in beating with their 
'■I '^t(| building, so as to make a noise which may 
I* tlig** '^^'"‘ee or four feet distance. On ceasing 
the soldiers retire, and are succeeded 
'’■'lio hasten in various directions towards 
to dis- 
- by the 
^ e- hasten in various directions towards the 
tt burden of mortar in his mouth ready 
i||l‘ Or p' 'Though there are millions of them, they never 
®t>ch other ; and a wall gradually arises to 
. A soldier attends every 600 or 1000 of 
seemingly as a director of the tverks ; for he 
t'ts the mortar, cither to lift or cany it. One in 
ffenjj ^P'^ces himself close to the wall under repair, 
makes the above-mentioned noise, which is 
t|ig‘”P'^'^<^red by a loud hiss from all the labourers 
'i^blg : and at every such signal, they evidently 
It 
pace, and work as fast again. 
W , 
‘y p,. being completed, a renewal of the attack con- 
. . Quopa tu„ -,"ie eli'ects. The soldiers again rush 
retreat, and are followed by the labourers 
O ll'e j btortar, and as active and as diligent as before, 
kly ®*bre of seeing them come out to fight or work 
as 
will 
one order never attempts to 
to work, let the emergency bo ever so 
Vi ^he same 
^Wi> 
V-^l Llit-ill, WUL IW IJl WU 
'.V- ?s Smeathman observes, may be obtained 
'P excites, or time permits ; and it \\ 
I 
' other 
that the 
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S ^ the obstinacy of the soldiers is remarkable : they 
ot>„ ^^“'7 hist, disputing every inch of ground so 
aiii 
disputing every inch of ground 
liTve away the negroes, who are without 
w-liite people bleed plentifully through their 
strength of the buildings erected by these puny 
'tit h they have been raised to little more fhan 
®'Sht, it is tlie constant practice of the African 
