AMAZON ANTS. 291 
Negro Ants: but, of the Miner ant-hills 
there was greatabundance. ‘This, there- 
fore, was a sufficient reason for believing, 
that the ants of that species, living with 
the Amazons, drew their origin from these 
several colonies. ‘To be assured of this, 
I visited a compound Miner ant-hill, 
between four and five in the evening, a 
time when the army usually commences 
its march: the Amazons were already 
assembled on the nest, and ready to set 
forth; they proceeded like a torrent 
along a deep dyke, and marched in a 
more compact body than ordinary. In 
a short time they reached the nest they 
proposed to attack, which was mhabited 
by Mining Ants. As soon as the Legion- 
aries began entering the subterranean 
city, the Miners rushed out in crowds, 
and whilst some fell upon the invaders 
with great spirit, others passed through 
the scene of contest, solely occupied in 
bearing off to a place of safety their larvee 
and pupe. The surface of the nest was 
for some time the theatre of war. The 
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