NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



the coiu'se of their flight, had come in contact with 

 mechanics at work upon the tower of a new com't-house, 

 and newspaper accounts said that they had been assault- 

 ed vigorously. These men were visited, and communi- 



A NEST OF MOUND-MAKING ANTS OF THE ALLEGHANIES 



Surface nest, showing mound three feet high, and twenty-five feet 

 in circumference at base 



cated the following facts : The aay was clear, warm, and 

 calm; the ants came between 10 and 11 a.m., from the 

 direction of Chimney Rocks, a ridge of the Alleghany 



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