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An assemblage of two species of Ants, Formica rufa and cunicularia, illus- 

 trating the mode in which the former attacks the latter, and seizes its larvse 

 and pupae. In the foreground is an instance, not uncommon in insects, of an 

 individual retaining its vitality after the loss of its body, and above are a 

 winged male and female of the same species. 



A MILITARY EXPEDITION, AND A NEW 

 BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. 



the midst of various other nations are now 

 dwelling and have dwelt from the year no- 

 body knows what a pigmy people, whom we 

 shall call Form leans, divided into tribes, and 

 long celebrated for their activity, industry, and 

 form of government both civil and military. 



The custom of slave-making, as still sanctioned by the 

 example of biped nations, has been always practised by certain 



