262 HISTORY OF 
rear, by the effect of that tactic we have 
elsewhere noticed, arrived at the garrison 
and gave the signal for departure, «by 
approaching in turn, and striking with 
their antenne all their compatriots, who 
immediately put themselves in march to 
join the army. ‘This warlike phalanx 
took a direction different from that of the 
preceding evening, but soon stopped in 
their course, and separated in search of 
some ant-hill, but experiencing no suc- 
cess, they again formed and continued 
their march, until they alighted upon one 
hidden in the grass, at about fifty paces 
from their own dwelling. ‘The Ash- 
coloured Ants, frightened at the unex- 
pectedarrivalandnumber of the Amazons, 
took flight, leaving the latter to make 
ample booty of larva and pupz, which 
they carried off to their own abode. 
Another army infinitely more numer- 
ous than the first, now issued from the 
garrison, and took a different direction in 
their march, which was somewhat tedious; 
they passed untouched several ant-hills 
