S is ' i^ b w o jr& ^ tà ft.
'îfêÈÊiÊ&^ëfc"tl^îPais, C a n n o t i c n f e . ' In th e .
dwelliiî^-no'uses", the trunks, cliairé, andnbë'd-pÔStt ai'è for the
fétidè1 reslèîm 'p la ém m titf vèâÉls*'full b f Water. I ‘hâte
beiMit^'bf a Cotise almost eat^tf^throtign
bÿ- tHesérïnâe8ts; ànd réady "to‘ tumbld1 down bp the heads of
tlië ‘ inhabitants.' '
1 Thiâ“1ië ltfu i® ^ 1Hdstlhèt!, ptrCrfc ‘ Wfthôbt* the nfdst
àîn ^ lat^ utility; and^is" brade ^by sahté
whèvdf^l^^^âfpôseÿ, #hîeh are1 coiiâ^cdofls' ih ^ e^jjf^àx f f;df ‘Hfe
jMat^ In ’lne imfhe’^ 'Ÿ ô r e â ^ Vhich: m b / inhabit,' ând wHiéli
•àre**never «abject to the hand o f ihuiitaft cnltiyatioii'^lhê
stàdt “accumulation ôiPÎJdèdàyiè^ tînîiilf;fy^hbld‘^m '»time greatly
Inipèdêf ~ir îibt“ eritifdÿ" ’ clonk s ^SgfâStilflT;H P^^fe" n ô tr, tfiSfe
atiîmàïiFeihÆÿed; by Proyide^d^COh^tially41® ® faM vf ^ IP
Àndfner inst^èt^is also combined'‘With th e ir^ e fe tjdC u ^ ^ n -
blihatkms;'r which in a gréât ïheâsürë coufrfèfaCt^ithehi. aiid‘ prevents'
thelP<;injiiribus effects. ‘Whêre tftefWhïië nhts^ entra
1 pffj^rcfÇS §hch ‘p ii^ f s ' of dèi!Mcti8nv^tcf:?ëaït t y ‘ oh' their
d^ératidns^‘ like IBMHI ëiïts in ’ Sfebret, Wa'*TffiolK‘veocby tncraO
who îwere,®ffiftstSî fo dbstrtiCt'" thêir■■'■pro^ë^'.Iflaeafê !aW;ÜiiâÉl-
hât'dïÿ' be U} jcesiDilit5f''‘tif ••' i(«iélëf¥^v®oîia-'’ ‘tftèffi? r^W^f^^Éfÿ
‘Mtii^/BI;fiêr4,tirith è sSïbUfi Sfi the ?ibot^èi5 ie^ê&ally fâ
'whèré i!tffëÿ1 JàrëM ‘tfîàtè numerous âhcE'1 destructive than perhaps
ariy Whérc-èî§e.Wfieh'they' intend' 1 to iiibWè fthiif .Jfe«^3e--
ïïient ! to : bhbtftér, iûàfwhéh tney;'havè fixed' oh !a '!pieéën b î’wôô'd
'br^hffie^ratidr ’ afiïdle'Which ‘they1' iheatftcH dëMby b f epbÇPa
1 îddgëmênf" in \ befèffe11 cohihiékicihg thëir operâtibfts,- tlïêy‘: fiitt
'raise'*b tù b ë o r holldWpàisiage 'fôf thiemsèlves, whefè' tHey hiày
P M W pals and répass Withèbtbëihg sëënrt' This tubè,awnich
’tis àbdbt'*the'Jsi^ 'n ¥ ipa :i^oosd-è(Æillv is mâdë ôf fide §àùd,'with
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ihneh despsteh\and- dexterity ■ and when' newlyefinished appears
«wet/ As fsoon-as it hast attained a proper consistencys.^they fall
to ‘devour : under its. co.v.ertn withl^gireafe^'ffieferify.b So&p,o«erf;ul - is
* this instinct, that' they will 'noijiven pass- -from the bottom to
the1» top o f a. Houser'along# :the - walLshor^posts^wibhaut fisst. pre-
•paring their ,'e©.yert w a |r. This: contrivance,, by 'which, they exr
-'pfect*toJescape idbtectinn^i never» fails!/'to' betrayirthenpii&nd-point
<them out-to! the observationnOf thenhenemiesu Wheiif^ese (tubes
■ ,:a¥e‘swe|tvt d^W%nd destroyed, the ravages of the antsuare fo r'
tha-t' time ^fevehted',s a s: they gwill .irieven - pfloceedrtbn work > witho
u t preyi'dtisly^eiiew ing^; thdi r i istfiiiclfnrgft^,,
| I h§^e thfeven WbserVed« lo'cu&ts con 'the »island.« though ! they
Wrh to b©'-found in different .parts-pfi«India. , Tandhtortoises
fare in manyrtpairtS>. abundant^
^uiiThgp bladh-dseorpion! ;ofuCeylon is .a .^exy t.dangerous inseOfe
~rnd its*sting.'; k ‘frequently;:mortal. , This;1 species,.is.-about four
^lod^i ahd ^fromiineotof'two broad 'OveE,,tttei®iididle of .the
■ body: : 'Wheh,riinningiof.disturbed, their taihis\US4ja^y>carijie.dJ^ n
• ‘their backs .c . Tihey bite . witli their .. fangs >'Qrvibne.eps> and 'iir**
'■{itantiyfdanbwthe •stu^4i.iwhicb :Hest.iniethe.irJ,tail,iantp fhejcplagp
-they ^av^f bitten. '»Their stingy emits i^pcpson resembling- tnilk,
“bm not"altogether soiwhite,? When thfiSfJiSCQdpipust ar.e • attacked
•by# their inveterate; eheroyrthe a n t,<and .eaamot gefjrid <of him,
»ih&y4htin| tblefcfclvesinto • Aeafh, i
‘‘^ h e 'c e n tp i e d ' ^tibpntipedes,. which receives, its -f&n& from
the- maiiy iegs iwliiehishoot out .’from» ekefy, partxofe rtssbbdyi
-»stihgs. in the : same: ».manner as « the iscOrpteinv:.firrtfbhing!i ffee g
,>bjedt;^ and then darting sth'e sting-rma. .ite.^tail »into i the
wound.1 /!■
There is an immense spider found here; with- legs not less