In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
dier ants have reason to fear that the column is 
in danger of attack, with head erect and nippers 
wide open, they will rush at the supposed enemy 
with utter fearlessness. For anything that has 
nerves, retreat is then imperative. 
Issuing from some den in the ground, these 
creatures move in countless myriads, the column 
being about an inch wide and seemingly endless. 
When they reach a place where there is plenty of 
prey, they break ranks and spread themselves 
thickly over the ground as far as their numbers 
will extend. Sometimes in “driving” they cover 
an acre of ground or the inner walls of a large 
house. They pursue their prey in darkness only 
and quickly form a line when surprised by a 
bright light. Their presence in a house may 
always be known by the squealing of rats and 
mice and the commotion among winged insects. 
The driver ants are carnivorous and will devour 
anything living that either cannot or will not flee 
from them. If their victims would flee they 
might save themselves, but they stop to fight and 
are lost. A rat will stop to bite or scratch them 
off and he kills a large number of them, but in 
another moment the silly creature resembles a 
black, quivering ball and surrenders to its fate. 
The large, red-headed lizard which abounds here, 
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