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[441.] Smith’s Bib. Dict.

[442.] Ibid.

[443.] Travels, i. 71.

[444.] Egypt and China, ii. 106.

[445.] Hist. of Brazil, i. 105.

[446.] Baird’s Cyclop. of Nat. Sci. The species here referred to was the Termes lucifuga.

[447.] Orient. Mem., i. 363–4.

[448.] Kempf. Japan, ii. 127; also Pinkerton’s Col. of Voy. and Trav., vii. 701.

[449.] Orient. Mem., i. 362.

[450.] Introd., i. 247.