ipo Mr. smeathman’s Account of 
or turning ; and as he carried his enormous large head with ap- 
parent difficulty, he put me in mind of a very large ox amidft a 
flock of flieep. While thefe were buttling along, a great many 
foldiers were to be feen fpread about on both fldes of the two lines 
of march, fome a foot or two diftant, ftanding ftill Or fan liter - 
ing about as if upon the look out leaf!; fome enemy Ihould fud- 
denly come upon the labourers. But the moft extraordinary 
part of this march was the condudt of fome others of the fol- 
diers, who having mounted the plants which grow thinly here 
and there in the thick fhade, had placed themfelves upon the 
points of the leaves, which were elevated ten or fifteen inches 
'above the ground, and hung over the army marching below. 
Every now and then one or other of them beat with his forceps 
upon the leaf, and made the lame fort of ticking noife which I 
had fo frequently obferved to be made by the foldier who a£ls 
the part of a furveyor or fuper-intendant when the labourers 
are at work repairing a breach made in one of the common hills 
of the Termites bellicofi. This fignal among the marching 
white Ants produced a fimilar effect ; for, whenever it was 
made, the whole army returned a hifs, and obeyed the fignal 
by increafing their pace with the utmoft hurry. The foldiers 
who had mounted aloft, and gave thefe fignals, fat quite ttill 
during the intervals (except making now and then a flight turn 
of the head) and feemed as folicitous to keep their pofts as regular 
centinels. The two columns of the army joined into one about 
twelve or fifteen paces from their feparation, having in no part 
been above three yards afunder, and then defcended into the earth 
by two or three holes. They continued marching by me for above 
an hour that I flood admiring them, and feemed neither to increafe 
or diminilh their numbers, the foldiers only excepted, who 
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