6o THE INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. 



and-by victory remains with the fiercest or the 

 strongest; the vanquished draw in, carrying away 

 as far as possible their wounded and their dead. 

 Nothing more is seen on the field of carnage but 

 separated limbs or heads which strew the ground like 

 a multitude of small black points. Often the enmity 

 is not extinguished after a battle, and several defeats 

 are necessary before the weaker swarm is destroyed 

 or forced to emigrate.^ 



1 P. Huber, Mcenrs des Foiirmis indigines, chap. ix. Many of the 

 chief observations — given in the words of the original observers— as 

 well as a summary of the facts known regarding the stfcial activities of 

 ants generally, will be found in the useful volume by Romanes in the 

 International Scientific Series, Animal Intelligence, 1882. 



