A MILITARY EXPEDITION, AND A NEW 

 BATTLE OF THE AMAZONS. 



" Cosi per entro loro schiera bruna, 

 S'ammusa 1'una con 1'altra formica, 

 Forse a spiar lor via e lor fortuna." DANTE. 



IN the midst of various other nations are now dwelling and 

 have dwelt from the year nobody knows what a pigmy 

 people, whom we shall call Formicans, divided into tribes, 

 and long celebrated for their activity, industry, and form of 

 government both civil and military. 



If stature were to be considered as the true measure of 

 greatness, at no period could this dwarfish race have pretended 



