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Ants and their Dwelling

           Tothegloryofthis,Ishalljointhatofhavingfoundthewarliketermitesonthesamecontinent!WhatmatterforanarticlethatwillmakeasensationineducatedEurope,and,perhaps,appearinfolioform,withprintsandengravings,besidesthetext!"

           ItwasevidentthatthetruthhadnotenteredCousinBenedict’sbrain.Thepoormanandallhiscompanions,DickSandandTomexcepted,believedthemselves,andmustbelievethemselves,wheretheywerenot!Itneededotherincidents,factsstillmoregravethancertainscientificcuriosities,toundeceivethem!

           Itwasthennineo’clockinthemorning.CousinBenedicthadtalkedforalongtime.Didheperceivethathisauditors,proppedupintheircells,hadgraduallyfallenasleepduringhisentomologicallecture?No;certainlynot.Helecturedforhimself.DickSandnolongerquestionedhim,andremainedmotionless,althoughhedidnotsleep.AsforHercules,hehadresistedlongerthantheothers;butfatiguesoonfinishedbyshuttinghiseyes,and,withhiseyes,hisears.

           ForsometimelongerCousinBenedictcontinuedtolecture.However,sleepfinallygotthebestofhim,andhemountedtotheuppercavityofthecone,inwhichhehadchosenhisdomicile.

           Deepsilencefellontheinteriorofthecone,whilethestormfilledspacewithnoiseandfire.Nothingseemedtoindicatethatthetempestwasnearlyover.

           Thelanternhadbeenextinguished.Theinterioroftheant-hillwasplungedincompletedarkness.

           Nodoubtallslept.

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