58 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



Photo by W. B. 

 FIG. 19. THICKET OF SECONDGROWTH OVERRUN BY A TANGLE OF RAZOR GRASS 



the stem was a sanctuary for scores of a certain species of 

 small stinging ant which rushed out when the stem was split 

 with a cutlass. The leaves in turn formed the favorite diet 

 of sloths. 



