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Ants and their Dwelling

           Wehavethemantispespecies,theraphidie,andthetermitespecies.Thelastisoftenknownunderthetermofwhiteants,inwhichwecountthedeadlytermite,theyellowcorslettermite,thetermitethatshunsthelight,thebiter,thedestroyer"

           "Andthosethatconstructedthisant-hill?"askedDickSand.

           "Theyarethemartialants,"repliedCousinBenedict,whopronouncedthiswordasifithadbeentheMacedonians,orsomeotherancientpeoplebraveinwar."Yes,thewarlikeants,andofallsizes.BetweenHerculesandadwarfthedifferencewouldbelessthanbetweenthelargestoftheseinsectsandthesmallest.Amongthemare’workers’offivemillimetersinlength’soldiers’often,andmalesandfemalesoftwenty.Wefindalsoakindotherwiseverycurious:thesirafoushalfaninchinlength,whichhavepincersforjaws,andaheadlargerthanthebody,likethesharks.Theyarethesharksamonginsects,andinafightbetweensomesirafousandashark,Iwouldbetonthesirafous."

           "Andwherearethesesirafouscommonlyobserved?"thenaskedDick

           Sand.

           "InAfrica,"repliedCousinBenedict;"inthecentralandsouthernprovinces.Africais,infact,thecountryofants.YoushouldreadwhatLivingstonesaysoftheminthelastnotesreportedbyStanley.Morefortunatethanmyself,thedoctorhaswitnessedaHomericbattle,joinedbetweenanarmyofblackantsandanarmyofredants.Thelatter,whicharecalled’drivers,’andwhichthenativesnamesirafous,werevictorious.

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