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The Bad Roads of Angola

           Iftheycouldnotdrivetheinsectsaway,theymustsharetheirabode.

           Atthebottomofthiscone,madewithakindofreddishclay,therewasaverynarrowhole.Herculesenlargeditwithhiscutlassinafewmoments,soastogiveapassageeventoamanlikehimself.

           ToCousinBenedict’sextremesurprise,notoneofthethousandsoftermitesthatoughttooccupytheant-hillshoweditself.Was,then,theconeabandoned?

           Theholeenlarged,Dickandhiscompanionsglidedintoit.Herculesdisappearedthelast,justastherainfellwithsuchragethatitseemedtoextinguishthelightnings.

           Butthosewindsquallswerenolongertobefeared.Ahappychancehadfurnishedthislittletroopwithasolidshelter,betterthanatent,betterthananative’shut.

           Itwasoneofthosetermiteconesthat,accordingtoLieutenantCameron’scomparison,aremoreastonishingthanthepyramidsofEgypt,raisedbythehandsofmen,becausetheyhavebeenbuiltbysuchsmallinsects.

           "Itis,"saidhe,"asifanationhadbuiltMountEverest,thehighestmountainoftheHimalayachain."

           

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