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formed. And viewing it all, the utter indifference 

 of surrounding animal life seemed a strange fact. 

 It was the death struggle of the nests. The black 

 were the victors, and from that day to this I have 

 never seen more than a single red ant in that part 

 of the garden, though black ants have always been 

 abundant there. 



