which gave the nest the appearance of being filled 

 with grains of rice. 



These large ants set to work with frenzied 

 activity and removed all of their own pups. Then, 

 and not until then, they swarmed over into the 

 adjoining nest and began carrying the cocoons of 

 the small ants back into their own nest. Now and 

 then some small ant bolder than the rest would 

 resist, and an individual combat ensued which 

 ended by the large ant carrying off her small 

 antagonist. There was, however, very little resist- 

 ance of this sort, and the pillage, if such it were, 

 continued until the remaining cocoons had all 

 been carried over into the nest of the large ants. 

 So few of the small ants made any resistance that 

 it gave one the agreeable impression the larger 

 ants were only offering assistance. But I failed to 

 find on subsequent visits that they had returned 

 the pupae. And although they daily brought their 

 own pupcB out of the galleries, the smaller cocoons 

 never more came to view, and the small ants sub- 

 sequently abandoned their nest. Thereafter I felt 

 some compundtion in thus disturbing a whole 

 community for mere curiosity. 



It is noticeable above all how the ants at such 



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