THE DAINTINESS OF ANTS 



AN ACROBATIC BATH 



Brushing and sponging a fellow-ant — a group of sleeping ants below 



galleries and cells where they spent most of their time, 

 and grouped themselves in little clusters next the light. 

 Some occupied corks, clods, and pebbles placed for them, 

 for they like slight elevations. Others clung to the sur- 

 face of the glass a little above the ground; but this was 

 not a secure retreat, for they would soon drop off when 

 they fell asleep, whereat, with a drowsy air and crest- 

 fallen seeming, they sought more secure positions. 

 Most of them were cuddled down upon the surface. 

 Some squatted upon their abdomens; some lay upon 

 their sides; some stood a -tiptoe on their hind legs 

 against the glass. Some crouched upon the earth, piled 



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