They were arranged in a most systematic manner, so as to form a compact cone like a bee-hive, four feet in diameter at the base, and three feet high.

This fabric is so firmly built, as to be pulled to pieces with difficulty.

One of these nests had five holes or entrances from the bottom, nearly equi-distant from each other, with passages leading to a hole in the ground, beneath which I am led to conclude they had their store.

There were two nests of grass in the centre of the pyramid, and passages running up to them diagonally from the bottom.

The sticks, which served for the foundations of the nests, were not more than two or three inches long, and so disposed as to form a compact flooring, whilst the roofs were arched.