The Naturalist on the River Amazons: A Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature Under the Equator, During Eleven Years of TravelHumboldt Publishing Company, 1889 - 774 pages |
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Page 627
... ants . These were in great numbers every- where , but I will mention here only two kinds . We were amazed at seeing ants an inch and a quarter in length , and stout in proportion , marching in single file through the thickets . These ...
... ants . These were in great numbers every- where , but I will mention here only two kinds . We were amazed at seeing ants an inch and a quarter in length , and stout in proportion , marching in single file through the thickets . These ...
Page 628
... ants , many hundreds of whom were employed in snipping the dry leaves which served as lin- ing . This produce the rustling sound which had at first disturbed us . My servant told me that they would carry off the whole con- tents of the ...
... ants , many hundreds of whom were employed in snipping the dry leaves which served as lin- ing . This produce the rustling sound which had at first disturbed us . My servant told me that they would carry off the whole con- tents of the ...
Page 760
... ants clearing houses of vermin , although I beard of no instance of their entering houses , their ravages being confined to the thickest parts of the forest . When the pedestrian falls in with a train of these ants , the first sigual ...
... ants clearing houses of vermin , although I beard of no instance of their entering houses , their ravages being confined to the thickest parts of the forest . When the pedestrian falls in with a train of these ants , the first sigual ...
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