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difference of degree. The smallest black-head 

 laborers, only a little more than one-fifth of an 

 inch long, did then- bit, flew like bull pups at 

 any prey which showed signs of life, and stag- 

 gered bravely along with any piece of loot which 

 their short legs could straddle. 



The white-heads, twice as large, were the 

 strong men of the community, putting all their 

 activity into the labor, shouldering, pushing, 

 dragging, lifting, singly or in unison. These 

 persons had powerful jaws, but jaws which were 

 stout and scissor-edged. The largest of the 

 white-heads were armed with reaping-hooks, 

 long inwardly-pronged jaws, curved like the 

 tushes of ancient mammoths, too specialized for 

 carrying loads, but well adapted for defense of 

 the most powerful character. Yet, as we shall 

 see, even these were not too proud to work, when 

 occasion demanded it. But their jaws were so 

 enormous that they had to carry themselves very 

 erect, and they could not make quite as good 

 time as the other castes. 



All had reddish brown abdomens, with darker 

 thoraxes and white or black heads. These heads 

 bulged on each side like the domes of observa- 

 tories. Exactly in the center of each dome, 



