DIALOGUE XXIV. 
FORMICA LEO, OR LION ANT, CONTI- 
NUED. 
LUCY, I hope, mamma, you will 
have time to finish your account of the 
formica leo this mornino*. I was ex- 
ceedingly interested by all his contrivances 
and stratagems that you described. 
Mother, It gives me great pleasure 
that our conversations gratify you so 
much. I will venture to assert, that as 
your knowledge increases, so will your 
enjoyment. 
What did I last relate of our little fe- 
rocious lion ? 
Lucy. The manner of constructing 
his funnel-shaped den, by loading his^ 
head with sand, and tossing it out upoa 
