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and sabretaches. But now that the rain had ceased the [[deletion]] blisterfies [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] began to arrive; the white cloth on the floor was an iressitable attraction ^ [[addition]] to the white ants [[/addition]] and they arrived in their myriads. [[deletion]] They [[/deletion]] [[addition]] Some [[/addition]] have a faculty of letting their wings drop off, and then walking about unconcernedly as if unconscious of their loss; some lose all their wings at once, others crawl about with two, others ^ [[addition]] with [[/addition]] three, but in due course all are destitute of their gauzy appendages, and the cloth [[deletion]] is [[/deletion]] [[addition]] became [[/addition]] strewn with them. Then as soon as the winged ants appear, the large black ants appear in pursuit who seem to take a savage pleasure in seizing the luckless [[note]] [[unclear]] [[/note]] white ant, with or without wings, and dragging it about in the most savage manner till it expires. Then there are myriads of moths with wings which seem made of delicate gold, and a long, dark yellow hornet-shaped insect, with no end of joints which makes you sh [[addition]] u [[/addition]] dder as it flies by, and large beetles, armed to the teeth in "shining armour" and with horns like formidable spears. These beetles, incidentally, are so strong that when placed under a wine-galss they move it as they advance. But worst of all are the blister flies, [[deletion]] h [[/deletion]] [[addition]] w [[/addition]]ho equally now invaded the ball room in their thousands, the scene which followed I can never forget; if one alights upon a person wi[[deletion]] ht [[/deletion]] [[addition]] th [[/addition]] out their being aware of it, should it be unwittingly crushed on their face or neck a large blister instantly rise[[addition]] s [[/addition]] Some of these little tormentors climbed up in[[deletion]] not [[/deletion]] [[addition]] to [[/addition]] the ladies' flounces, hid themselves in folds of net, [[addition]] or [[/addition]] visited the mysterious recesses of complicated trimmings; some crept up gentlemen's sleeves, others concealed themselves in a jungle of [[deletion]] whistkers [[/deletion]] whisker, and there was something very attractive
