THE MOST GIFTED INSECT EACE. 



CHAPTER II. 



THEIR MODE OF FIGHTING. 



TIHE mode of fighting among ants differs according to 

 the species, but in most cases they direct their 

 attacks against the antennae of the adversary. 



Here is an account of an amVfight which occurred 

 lately. It was sent to me by a schoolmaster friend, 

 whose duties unfortunately prevented him from seeing 

 the completion of the battle. 



" I saw a grand fight on Friday last between one small 

 black ant (evidently the Garden Ant, Formica nigra) and 

 three big wood ants. One wood ant had got poor 

 blackie tight round the waist. Wood ant No. 2 had 

 been fooling around blackie's jaws with its antennae. 



