NATURE'S CRAFTSMEN 



earth and sky, and earth and sky receive rain from the 

 sea. Thus the circle of hfe runs, and ants, Uke other 

 tenants of the earth, derive their nurture from Father 

 Neptune. 



Our aphid shifts her position, and passes along the 

 branch towards the trunk. Its first attendant had left, 



PORTION OP AN ANTS -NEST 



A broken section of earth, showinij; apliids domesticated upon roots 



of plants 



seemingly from mere fastidiousness, and afterwards 

 several ants had enjoyed the sweet refection. As the 

 aphid moves away, it receives antennal salutes from 

 sundry ants, as though they were challenging its dispo- 



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