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 larva* 

 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. 



N 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 



