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raids against nests of the small yellow Turf 

 Ant, a mild and docile race, large numbers of 

 Nvhich it curries off to act as servants. Hut it <! 

 not steal fully-grown Turf Ants ; their habits are 

 formed, and they would be useless for such a pur- 

 pose. What the Warrior Ant wants is raw material 

 which can be turned into thoroughly well-trained 

 servants. So it merely kills the adult ants which 

 strive to oppose its aggression, and contents itself 



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with trundling home to its own nest the larva,- and 

 pupa; of the Turf Ants which it has put to flight 

 and vanquished. In process of time, these grubs 

 anil cocoons produce full-grown yellow workers, 

 which, having never known freedom, can be taught 

 by the Warrior Ants to act as nurses and IIOUM-- 

 maids, exactly as if they were living in their own 

 proper city. I once saw in a garden in Algiers a 

 great pitched battle going on between slave-makers 



