THIRD BATTLE WITH EYELESS ROBBERS. 233 



CHAPTER XV. 



June 13 to June 17. 

 A Third Battle With the Eyeless Robbers. 



ALBERT. (8:30 A. M., Tuesday.) The eyeless Robbers, 

 the eyeless Robbers, the eyeless Robbers are here again! 

 Help! The war is on. They have killed 250 of ours and 

 not lost one of theirs. The battle is about over, for ours 

 are beginning to run. They may have been fighting all 

 night. 



DOROTHY. These Robbers killed sixty of ours in No- 

 vember and a hundred a month ago. Add the 250 they 

 have now killed and you have 410 of ours that we know 

 the Robbers (Ecitons) have murdered. 



CECIL. They must have sprung a surprise on ours this 

 time, after all before ours had time to form in two em- 

 bankments around the door as they did a month ago. And 

 this time a part of our ants were in the main building and. 

 a part were two feet away mining at the annex. 



ALBERT. The battle is too near over for us to be of 

 any use, but see these fight. Here are twelve bunches of 

 fighters. In each group about five of the Robbers are 

 attacking one of ours. See the bunches roll to the bottom 

 of the grade. 



CECIL. Small ants are very brave when in large 

 numbers. 



ALBERT. Look! One of ours is tackled by six of the 



