WARS OF ANTS. 1935 
an which they equally labour? These 
wars offer something still more surpris- 
ing — the instinct which enables each ant 
to know his own party. How and by 
what sign do they distinguish their com- 
patriots, in a contest, in which thousands 
of individuals of the same colour, of the 
same size, of the same odour, and even 
of the very same species, meet, attack, or 
defend themselves, inundate their ad- 
versaries with venom, and lead away pri- 
soners? ‘They march with defiance; 
even at the time they are approaching 
their companions they keep their man- 
dibles wide asunder. They sometimes at- 
tack those of their own party; but on 
recognising them, immediately relax their 
hold. It often happens that those who 
are the object of this temporary error 
caress their compatriots with their an- 
tenn, and readily appease their anger. 
What an idea does not this give us of the 
bond of union between these insects, 
and of the subtlety of their senses. 
The common operations of the two 
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