2013, ISBN: 123123587X

[EAN: 9781231235874], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing… Plus…

[EAN: 9781231235874], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: . teen hundred and forty-four feet high, is named Lot; and another, somewhat smaller, of similar shape, is, of course, Lot s Wife. Two small sharply pointed peaks, standing side by side, projected against the sky from the highest southern ridge, bear the accurately descriptive name of The Ass s Ears. An importation into Saint Helena having far more important and permanent effect on the island than the residence of the great Napoleon himself, took place in 1840. A slave-ship was captured on the West Coast of Africa, and sent to Saint Helena for condemnation; and in some timber landed from this ship the termites, or white ants (Termes tenuis), had found a lodgment. From this single importation they have spread through Jamestown and its immediate vicinity, carrying destruction wherever they go. Fortunately they have not spread far from the town, and it has been suggested that having been landed on the leeward side of the island, they cannot make their way in the winged or perfect state against the steady trade-wind. I quote from J. C. Melliss s Saint Helena instances of their destructive power and method of working: -- The conditions almost indispensable to them are, heat with moisture, darkness, and perfect stillness; so that they rarely attack doors, window-sashes, or things that are frequently in motion. What they love best is a water-cask in a sunny place, or a massive tie-beam of a building, into which they enter by one or two holes no larger than pins heads, and trouble no one until the whole collapses in a cloud of dirt and dust, perhaps bringing down the building with it. Termes teniusis the most voracious species I ever heard or read of, --its whole object in life seeming to be destruction. It spares none of its time for.<

2013, ISBN: 123123587X

[EAN: 9781231235874], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Plus…

[EAN: 9781231235874], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: . teen hundred and forty-four feet high, is named Lot; and another, somewhat smaller, of similar shape, is, of course, Lot s Wife. Two small sharply pointed peaks, standing side by side, projected against the sky from the highest southern ridge, bear the accurately descriptive name of The Ass s Ears. An importation into Saint Helena having far more important and permanent effect on the island than the residence of the great Napoleon himself, took place in 1840. A slave-ship was captured on the West Coast of Africa, and sent to Saint Helena for condemnation; and in some timber landed from this ship the termites, or white ants (Termes tenuis), had found a lodgment. From this single importation they have spread through Jamestown and its immediate vicinity, carrying destruction wherever they go. Fortunately they have not spread far from the town, and it has been suggested that having been landed on the leeward side of the island, they cannot make their way in the winged or perfect state against the steady trade-wind. I quote from J. C. Melliss s Saint Helena instances of their destructive power and method of working: -- The conditions almost indispensable to them are, heat with moisture, darkness, and perfect stillness; so that they rarely attack doors, window-sashes, or things that are frequently in motion. What they love best is a water-cask in a sunny place, or a massive tie-beam of a building, into which they enter by one or two holes no larger than pins heads, and trouble no one until the whole collapses in a cloud of dirt and dust, perhaps bringing down the building with it. Termes teniusis the most voracious species I ever heard or read of, --its whole object in life seeming to be destruction. It spares none of its time for.<