THE LANGUAGE OF ANTS 



and hostile, such as we might depict as a fairyland. 

 Therein may be landscapes hidden from our eyes, with 

 many grades of color, fair or grewsome, and octaves 

 of sounds, pleasant or fearsome, that lie beyond human 

 senses or even human fancy. Of this world, or these 

 world-spheres, much must remain unknown to us at 

 least, in this cumbered state of existence. But to pene- 

 trate it further and further, to unlock its secret doors, 

 to explore and disenchant its chambers of mysteries, 

 and to interpret to mankind its inarticulate symbols 

 this is the highest function of the true natural history. 



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