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Ants and their Dwelling

           MeanwhileherlittleJacksufferedless;thefeverhadnotreturned,andatthistimehewassleeping,underhismother’seyes,inacellwelllinedwithgarments.DickSandknewnotwhattothink.

           ItisuselesstosaythatCousinBenedictdidhonortotherepast,notthathepaidanyattentioneithertothequalityortothequantityofthefoodthathedevoured,butbecausehehadfoundanopportunitytodeliveralectureinentomologyonthetermites.Ah!ifhehadbeenabletofindatermite,asingleone,inthedesertedanthill!Butnothing.

           "Theseadmirableinsects,"saidhe,withouttakingthetroubletofindoutifanyonewerelistening"theseadmirableinsectsbelongtothemarvelousorderofnewroptera,whosehornsarelongerthanthehead,thejawsverydistinct,andwhoselowerwingsaregenerallyequaltotheupperones.Fivetribesconstitutethisorder:thePanorpates(scorpionflies),theMyrmileoniens,theHemerobins,theTermitinesandthePerlides.Itisuselesstoaddthattheinsectswhichnowinterestus,andwhosedwellingweoccupy,perhapsunduly,aretheTermitines."

           AtthismomentDickSandlistenedveryattentivelytoCousinBenedict.HadthemeetingwiththesetermitesexcitedinhimthethoughtthathewasperhapsontheAfricancontinent,withoutknowingbywhatchancehehadarrivedthere?Theyoungnovicewasveryanxioustofindout.

           Thesavant,mountedonhisfavoritehobby,continuedtorideitbeautifully.

           "Nowthesetermitines,"saidhe,"arecharacterizedbyfourjointsontheinstep,hornedjaws,andremarkablestrength.

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