the Termites of Africa and other hot Climates ; 
gree ; and, as the animal is incapable of moving from her 
place, the eggs no doubt are carried to the different .cells by the 
labourers, and reared with a care fi mil ar to that which is prac- 
tifed in the larger nefts. 
It is remarkable of all thefe different fpecies, that the work- 
ing and the fighting infeflrs never expofe themfelves to the open 
air; but either travel underground, or within filch trees and 
fubftances as they - deftroy, except, indeed, when' they cannot 
proceed, by their latent p adages, and find it convenient or ne^ 
ceffary to fearcli for plunder above ground. In that" cafb they 
make pipes of that material with which they build their 
nefts. The larger fort ufe the red clay; the turret builders 
ufe the black clay ; and thefe which build in the trees 
employ the fame ligneous fubftances of which their nefts are 
cornpofed (3°) (3*) (3*)„ 
(3©) “ Small birds; fowls, Lizards, and 'other reptiles, feajch for them as the 
44 moft delicious morfels y therefore they never go abroad but under their covered 
44 ways.”... du ter tre, quarto, vol. II. p. 34^, 
(3*) 44 The earth hereabouts was all filled with afpecies of a white Ant; called 
* 4 Vag: Vague;, different from that which I have elfewhere . deferibed . This, 
44 inflead of raifing pyramids, continues buried under ground, and never makes 
44 itfelf known but by fmall cylindrical galleries of the thicknefs of a goofe quiil, 
41 which it eredls againfl the feverarbodies it defigns to attack. Thefe galleries 
44 are formed of earth with infinite' delicacy of workmanfhip. The Vag Values 
44 make ufe of them as of covert-ways, to workk without being feen j afid Vwfiat- 
“ ever they fallen themfelves to, whether it be- leather, cloth, linen, %<^6lA, or 
11 wood, it is furely gnawed and confumed. I fhould have thought myfelf prelty 
44 well off, had they only attacked the reeds oft my hut ; but they pidrCed 
44 through a trunk which flood on treflles a foot above the ground^ and gnawed 
44 moft of my book.” ad anson’s Voyage to Guinea, 1 7 9— — 3 3 7 . 
N. B. . Mr. ad anson is certainly miftaken .when he fays, 44 They never make 
44 themfelves knowa but by their covered ways, and is the only one whom I have 
