IN CAMP. 



t Don't lay out lunch or sit down to it 

 in his close neighbourhood. 



Don't run into his nest when out on 

 an elephant in the forest on shikar or 

 any other intent. 



Don't, when waiting for a beat, lean 

 against a tree trunk without first care- 

 fully scrutinizing it to see whether or no 

 there is a column or two of these vicious 

 brutes retiring up into or descending 

 from a nest in the branches. These are 

 golden rules, each purchased by painful 

 experience, which I would wish others 

 to possess without paying for. 



And yet even this ant has its uses, 

 curious as it may seem. In Kanara and 

 some other parts of India and throughout 

 Burma and Siam a paste is made of him 

 which is eaten as a condiment with curry ! 

 Surely after this there should be no 

 more famines in India ! ! 



Have you ever noticed lines of Black 

 Ants solemnly walking up the stem 

 of a tree or plant whilst others are 



