THE HORNED TOAD 147 



No. Pellets No. Heads 



Date. Found. in Pellets. 



Aug. 291 30 



Sept, 191 



Sept. 231.. 30 



Sept. 242 (35 and 26) 61 



Sept. 252 ( 7 and 33) 40 



Sept. 261 17 



Sept. 272 (16 and 19) 35 



Total 10 ; . . . 213 



DOROTHY. I like little Horny, but that's an awful 

 report against him. Looks as if our colony wouldn't last 

 long. 



ANT. Here comes Florence running. She's always 

 either good or bad news. 



FLORENCE. I came I came here at 3 :30, expecting to 

 see our ants out, but not one was in sight. But what do 

 you think? I found Horny lying in his little pit, waiting 

 for our ants. 



DOROTHY. Why, look! Here are six of the little pits 

 on the yard now. 



FLORENCE. I picked Horny up; found he was two 

 inches long ; thought he was big enough to get along with- 

 out his mother, carried him a hundred feet out the alley, 

 and lost him in the brush. 



ALBERT. I wish you had carried him that many miles 

 away. 



ANT. Horny works so quietly that he may get a good 

 many of us before we know he is around. Besides, when 

 we do find an enemy we are not likely to run but to 

 search for it or tackle it, and this would give him a better 

 chance than ever, as we can't get at his soft throat. But 

 we are getting onto his schemes, I think. 



