Excerpt from Termites and Termite Damage: With Preliminary Recommendations for Prevention and Control Termites of various native species are found throughout California no district can safely be considered free from their attack. Because of the insidious nature of the infestation, the extent and importance of the damage they cause has long been underestimated. The damage to houses has been increasing in recent years, seemingly because Of the rapid building up of the country, with the consequent multiplication of buildings and other structures not so designed or constructed as to prevent the access of termites, giving rise to conditions favorable to their increase and dissemination. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.