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... body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so numerous as to blacken the ground , would be seen moving rapidly in one direction , examining every cranny , and under- neath every fallen leaf . On the flanks , and in advance of the ...
... body of the ants , three or four yards wide , and so numerous as to blacken the ground , would be seen moving rapidly in one direction , examining every cranny , and under- neath every fallen leaf . On the flanks , and in advance of the ...
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... body of army - ants were foraging amongst the fallen branches , sending the spiders , cockroaches , and grasshoppers fleeing for their lives , only to fall victims to the surrounding birds . On the fallen branches and logs I obtained ...
... body of army - ants were foraging amongst the fallen branches , sending the spiders , cockroaches , and grasshoppers fleeing for their lives , only to fall victims to the surrounding birds . On the fallen branches and logs I obtained ...
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... body , it breaks it off and bears it away in triumph to the nest . All the fruit - like bodies do not ripen at once , but successively , so that the ants are kept about the young leaf for some time after it unfolds . Thus the young leaf ...
... body , it breaks it off and bears it away in triumph to the nest . All the fruit - like bodies do not ripen at once , but successively , so that the ants are kept about the young leaf for some time after it unfolds . Thus the young leaf ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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