BROWN ANT. 2Si) 
can be more admirable than the dexterity 
with wliich the arches are formed, each 
particle of earth being made to project a 
little beyond that to which it is cemented, 
till the two side walls, gradually rising, 
meet in the middle and sustain each 
other. Some of these rooms have doors 
in the side, or end, walls ; others have 
apertures in the floor, or ceiling, to com- 
municate with the adjacent stories ; but 
all are connected throughout the whole 
fabric by passages, which generally ter- 
minate in the large central apartments, 
like the streets of a well laid out city, 
that meet in a square, or market place. 
Lucy. It is, indeed, like a city ; a 
most surprising city! 
Mother, All goes on well as long as 
the weather is damp ; and so assiduously 
do they work, that an entire story is 
completed in a day, or rather in a night, 
which is the time they usually prefer for 
their labours : but should a drying wind 
come before the building is roofed in, 
they can no longer temper the earth, for 
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