THE DRIVER ANT. 61 
Ants commence their attack on the snake by biting its 
eyes, and so blinding the poor reptile, which only flounders 
and writhes helplessly on one spot, instead of gliding 
away to a distance. 
DRIVER AN'S. 
It is said by the natives, that when the great python 
has crushed its prey in its terrible folds, it does not devour 
it at once, but makes a large circuit, at least a mile in 
