. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 440 &1EA Am> Land. \'K- '^ Neaiiy all aiits are war-like, though they also follow peaceful occu- pations, such as
. Sea and land [microform] : an illustrated history of the wonderful and curious things of nature existing before and since the deluge ... : being a natural history of the sea illustrated by stirring adventures with whales ... : also a natural history of land-creatures such as lions, ... : to which is appended a description of the cannibals and wild races of the world, their customs, habits, ferocity and curious ways. Zoology; Natural history; Zoologie; Sciences naturelles. 440 &1EA Am> Land. \'K- '^ Neaiiy all aiits are war-like, though they also follow peaceful occu- pations, such as enginfering,dairy-keepin<r, farming and other UHeful purnrts. In Texas observers have noticed the process of planting and euping practiced by a species of small ant, found most numer- ously in that state. These insect farmers live in vivat colonies and like all others of the tribe, are communistic. Aro'ini the hVd v lit'te they make their home,' hese industrious farmers cleat' away the v r^'s and prepare a district for p1antin;.». aud in duo so, on sow the spot with the seed of a plant of which they are very ! and from which they dorive a principal subsistance. When harvest tiujo arrives they cut duvxi the i^iit and store it away in their granary, being always car«ful to preserve enough" st'"1 for the fol- ' lowing season. In South Ameri- ca the slave-mak- ing ants abound, though they may ~ be also found in other tropical countries. Huber, who has made a life-long study of the habits of ants, tells us that the Amazon, or red ant, does no labor itself, but relies entirely upon the exertions of its blaves for everything save only the fighting. They execute their razzias invaribly at night, and usually upon the miner-ants, though the latter are stubborn warriors and do not yield without a desperate struggle. When they have issued from their abode, the amazons array themselves in serried columns and march in true milit y style to the nests which th
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