. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 470 HOMES â WITHOUT HANDS. from the teeth of the Driver Ants. Fowls they destroy in num- bers killing in a single night all the inhabitants of the hen-roost, and, having destroyed them, have a curious method of devouring Drivel' Ants. The Eev. Dr. Savage, who has experimented upon these formi- dable insects, killed a fowl and gave it to the Ants. At first they did not seem to pay much attention to it, but he soon found that they were in reality makin
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. 470 HOMES â WITHOUT HANDS. from the teeth of the Driver Ants. Fowls they destroy in num- bers killing in a single night all the inhabitants of the hen-roost, and, having destroyed them, have a curious method of devouring Drivel' Ants. The Eev. Dr. Savage, who has experimented upon these formi- dable insects, killed a fowl and gave it to the Ants. At first they did not seem to pay much attention to it, but he soon found that they were in reality making their preparations. Large parties of the insects were detached for the purpose of preparing a road, and worked with the assiduity which seems to be a characteristic of these energetic insects. Numbers of them were employed in smoothing the road to the nest by removing every obstacle out of the way, until, by degrees, a tolerably level road was obtained. The Ants are possessed of strength which seems gigantic when compared with their size, carrying away sticks four or five times. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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