. The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live . THE BASHIKOUAY ANTS ones in her lair. When the bashikouays reached thelair, they precipitated themselves with great frenzyupon the little njegos, who soon were black withthem. In a short time only their bones were left,and the bashikouays continued on their errand ofdestruction. All the abodes of the night prowlers that were inthe way of this great army were visited, and the young. destroyed. Some of the old ones even fell victims tothe bashikouays. Onward they went. During thenight they reach
. The world of the great forest : how animals, birds, reptiles, insects talk, think, work, and live . THE BASHIKOUAY ANTS ones in her lair. When the bashikouays reached thelair, they precipitated themselves with great frenzyupon the little njegos, who soon were black withthem. In a short time only their bones were left,and the bashikouays continued on their errand ofdestruction. All the abodes of the night prowlers that were inthe way of this great army were visited, and the young. destroyed. Some of the old ones even fell victims tothe bashikouays. Onward they went. During thenight they reached a village where there were nohuman beings. They had all left for their bashikouays swarmed into every house, attackedand overpowered the rats, mice, centipedes, scorpions,spiders, lizards, and the many cockroaches that werethere, and when they went away not one of these wasleft. All had been devoured. Farther on they entered another village. Here thehuman beings were fast asleep. The terrible bites ofthe bashikouays soon awoke them. The bashi-kouays have come ! shouted the people. The women19 289 THE WORLD OF THE GREAT FOREST seized their helpless little babies, and the fathers theirlittle children, otherwise they would have been over-powered and devoured by the bashikouays. In haste the inhabitants lighted fires everywhereacross the street down which the invading army came,and brought burning brands, hot ashes, etc., to burnthe invaders, and poured boilin
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