

About Ants. 



Branch — ^r^iCM^oJa — Consisting of rings, or joints. 



Class — i«secfe— Having bodies divided into two or three distinct parte. 



Order — nymenopUra — Having membranous wings. 



Family— i?brm«car»«— Ant family. 



'0 you ever find 3^ourself, some 

 dreamy summer day, with no- 

 thing to do ? The hot, dense 

 rays of the July sun scoich the 

 dry grass, glow in the burning 

 sand, and almost hiss in the 

 water of the idle stream. The 

 birds hide in the dense thickets, 

 the cattle pant in the shade, and the very dog 

 wishes he could take his jacket off. The straw- 

 berry leaves crisp in the heat, and rest upon 



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