Their numbers would be a terror to man, were they not checked by many enemies, [240]
An illustration is given of their terrible ravages, [241]
CHAPTER II.—THE ANTS:—THEIR DOMESTIC ECONOMY—THEIR NUPTIALS.
Value of the ants as purifying and cleansing agents, [245]
An incident at Barbadoes, [246]
The carpenter-ants, and their ingenuity, described, [247]
Singular affection which they display for the young, [251]
They watch over them with incessant vigilance; their mode of inter-communication, [251]
A picture is given of the economy of an ant-hill, [252]
In their labours the ants solve numerous problems by sheer intuition, [253]