A happy chance had furnished this little troop with a solid shelter, better than a tent, better than a native's hut.
It was one of those termite cones that, according to Lieutenant Cameron's comparison, are more astonishing than the pyramids of Egypt, raised by the hands of men, because they have been built by such small insects.
"It is," said he, "as if a nation had built Mount Everest, the highest mountain of the Himalaya chain.".