PLANS OF BLACK HARVESTER NEST 157 



CECIL. The ants seem to treat the walls of their rooms 

 to make them harder than the dirt in which they are built, 

 as shown in the picture. The room is lying in a wheel- 

 barrow. 



KENNETH. No especial care was taken in removing 



the dirt from the outside of the wall. 



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FLORENCE. I declare I feel lonesome. I wish I could 

 find our ants' new nest. 



DOROTHY. So do I. 



CECIL. We've hunted several days and might as well 

 give up. 



KENNETH. I feel like an orphan or something. I've 

 nothing to like. 



FLORENCE. Never give up. Run here, all of you. I've 

 found the nest. 



ALBERT. Here, form in a circle. Now, all together: 

 Hip, hip, hip, hurrah! 



CECIL. The new nest is forty-five feet from the old one, 

 and is by the telephone pole across the alley. It's been 

 used before, but isn't much of a home. It's too low for the 

 rainy season. They'll just stay here until they can find 

 a better place. 



