KIDNAPPING ANTS AND THEIR SLAVES 



A SLAVE-MAKERS RAID FIGHTINO ON THE OUTSKIRTS 



beyond the home bounds; but for the most part they 

 remain on duty in and around the formicary, which at 

 once takes on its wonted aspect of peaceful industry. 



Assault, battle, and pillage follow quickly upon the 

 sortie. The objective point of the march is not far 

 away. With ants, as with men, there are variations in 

 the fortunes of war, and disappointments and failures 

 befall. The scouting may have been defective, or the 

 tactics of the threatened community may have thwarted 



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