124 ANTS AND CHILDREN OF THE GARDEN 



CHAPTER VIII. 



September 5 to September 15. 



A Visit to the Ants in the Evening 1 , 



KENNETH. Well, here we are with our flashlight at 

 eight o'clock in the evening. About 200 of our ants are 

 walking around over their premises doing nothing. 



ALBERT. Watch half of them hike into the house when 

 I blow my breath on them gently. 



KENNETH. These two ants have been biting the body 

 of a dead Carpenter for five minutes, and now one of them 

 has picked it up and carried it to the door and back again. 



CECIL. Yes, and now another carries it to the door 

 again, then east five inches, and now back and west five 

 inches. 



DOROTHY. They're just trying to fool you and you'll 

 never see them take it into the house. 



CECIL. Not so fast. Look ! After another journey the 

 body is carried straight into the house. We have been 

 trying to catch our ants doing this trick for over a month. 



DOROTHY. Here come six queens out of the house. 

 The other ants pay no attention to them. They have 

 divided into pairs and walked to the top of the ridge. 



KENNETH. Look! They all became frightened and 

 ran into the house at once, but two have come out again. 



DOROTHY. Well, never mind the queens, but look here. 

 This big Carpenter has searched all over two sides of the 

 yard, and is now trying to pull the body of a dead sister 



