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put to quaint uses, for Macdonald states that the English 
soldiers in Pretoria scooped out the interior of the 
small beehive-shaped nests and, covering the tops with 
clay, used them as ovens. Sir Samuel Baker converted 
one into a kiln in which to burn oyster shells in order 
to obtain a supply of lime for soap-making. 
The Aard-Wolf (Pro^e^ea crisfatus) lives in the disused holes of 
the antbear, where it sleeps all day and comes out at sunset. 
The mane is capable of being erected wlien the animal becomes 
excited. 
The brick houses of the Scotch mission station on 
Lake Nyasa were built from material obtained from the 
nest of the white ant. For this purpose the earth 
from the nest was ground up, mixed with water, formed 
into a paste, and moulded into bricks. When dry it is 
very hard. The natives of Central Africa often build 
