India and daily life in Bengal . Traveling in the mountains. A dandy. One of the sources of the Ganges,Himalaya Mountains CHAPTER XISome of the Pests of India SOME things which we regard as pests and an-noyances are really blessings. So it is withsome of those things in India which plague the time being, however, we will take thesuperficial view, and see what things annoy us and howthey do so. The white ant would no doubt be put down at thehead of the list. If this were the place I might writea chapter on these little animals, but I will now speakof them only in the briefest way. The eg
India and daily life in Bengal . Traveling in the mountains. A dandy. One of the sources of the Ganges,Himalaya Mountains CHAPTER XISome of the Pests of India SOME things which we regard as pests and an-noyances are really blessings. So it is withsome of those things in India which plague the time being, however, we will take thesuperficial view, and see what things annoy us and howthey do so. The white ant would no doubt be put down at thehead of the list. If this were the place I might writea chapter on these little animals, but I will now speakof them only in the briefest way. The eggs whichproduce these little creatures are laid two or threefeet underground by a great nasty-looking white grub,the size of a mans little finger. When the insects arefirst hatched they are about an eighth of an inch long,of a creamy white appearance, and resemble a louse inshape. These grow to be one-fourth of an inch long,and then make their way through the streets, avenues,and halls of their colony up to the surface of theground, and keep on building up until so
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