28 LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD, 



EVENING THIKD. 



ANTS. 



Harriet. Here we are, Aunt Mary ; lessons 

 finished, books put away, and all ready to hear 

 about the ants. 



Jlunt M. That is right, business first and 

 pleasure afterwards. I am glad to see you. 



I have always felt a particular interest in ants. 

 There were a number of ant-hills in our school- 

 house yard, and when I was quite a little girl, 

 I used to take much pleasure in watching them, 

 and was greatly distressed when any of my mis- 

 chievous school mates kicked them over for the 

 purpose of teasing me. I thought how the poor 

 ants must be dismayed when they found a 

 shower of sand coming down upon them, and 

 saw thus destroyed in a moment the patient la- 

 bor of many days. 



There were two or three of these hills to which 



