COMPOUND ANT-HILLS. QT 
indeed, the Negroes require neither an 
inspector, nor the excitement of the 
sting, to induce them to labour ; for they 
are eager to build whilst the rain con+ 
tinues, and their work advances rapidly, 
on account of their number being in- 
finitely more considerable than that of 
the labourers in a simple ant-hill. Their 
operations being finished, they are ex- 
tremely solicitous the Legionaries should 
enjoy the advantage; to this end, they 
lose no time in transferring the colony 
from the old to the new habitation. But 
if we are desirous of witnessing a still 
more curious spectacle, we must observe 
them when they are about to change 
their domicile for one more convenient, 
it being upon them alone the office falls 
of deciding the urgency of an emigra- 
tion, and of choosing the situation best 
adapted (usually one where the soil is 
loose, admitting of greater facility of 
mining) for a new establishment. We 
see them at first engaged in carrying 
each other to the place destined to this 
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