BRIDGES OF ANTS. 2^ 



is insufficient, others are made alongside. It 

 is asserted that the bridge is even made tubu- 

 lar, and that the army marches through it. 



"When the Ants get hungry, the long line 

 stops marching by the flank, as soldiers would 

 say, that is, following each other in line, and 

 moves like an army in line of battle, devouring 

 every thing in its way. The black men run 

 for their lives. In a very short time a mouse, 

 a dog, a leopard, or even a deer, is overrun, 

 killed, eaten, and only the bones are left. 

 When they enter a house, they clear it of every 

 living thing. If a fowl is the victim, they dig 

 out the feathers by the roots, and then pull the 

 flesh to pieces, fastening their strong pincers 

 into it, and never failing to bring away the 

 piece. 



A white hunter killed an antelope, and 

 brought it to a native village. In the night 

 he felt himself terribly bitten, and roused his 

 attendants. The whole village was attacked by 

 a column of the Bashi Kouay, which wab 

 attracted by the smell of the meat. The 



