CARRYING THINGS. TRAILS 101 



ALBERT. I notice that an ant that is being carried by 

 another nearly always doubles up and makes no fuss. It 

 acts like it was enjoying the ride. 



KENNETH. Several times I've seen our ants carry in 

 bits of dry leaves. They are used some way for building 

 purposes, I suppose, to stop up earth cracks with, plaster 

 them up, for instance. 



ALBERT. An ant was taken by the feelers close up to 



Position of Ant When Being Carried. 



the head, and carried away back down. She must have 

 resisted an officer. 



CECIL. It is said that sometimes an ant will grasp the 

 waist of another with its jaws and then they walk along 

 tandem. Even a third ant may be added. 



FLORENCE. Our ants were carrying home bits of 

 broken glass this evening, a distance of fifteen feet. Come 

 to think of it, I often carry home things that are of no 

 account even pieces of colored glass. 



KENNETH. I know you carry out the dead, but don't 

 you have any ceremony? 



