LIVINGSTONE'S LAST JOURNALS. 



[Chap. I. 



A Avhole regiment of Soldier ants in my kut were 

 put into a panic by a detachment of Driver ants called 

 Sirafu. The Chungu or black soldiers rushed out with their 

 eggs and young, putting them down and running for more. 

 A dozen Sirafu pitched on one Chungu and killed him. The 

 Chungu made new quarters for themselves. When the 



white ants cast off their colony of winged emigrants a canopy 

 is erected like an umbrella over the anthill. As soon as 

 the ants fly against the roof they tumble down in a shower 

 and their wings instantly become detached from their bodies. 

 They are then helpless, and are swept up in baskets to be 

 fried, when they make a very palatable food. 



