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Identifier: storiesofpersons00bene (find matches)
Title: Stories of persons and places in Europe
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Benedict, E. L. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York, London, G. Routledge and sons
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resh arrivals took place fresh vigor seized the whole body of the enemyand they began to storm the citadel from all points. Some crawledthrough my net, others up my sleeves and into my coat. By this time myrod was put together and ready for a cast. But all around me the airwas darkened with mosquitoes, the poison of their bites already beganto irritate, and after fighting for sometime, net in one hand and rod in theother, I jumped on2 the stone and took to my heels through the forest. An Aistt Colony.—A very thriving inhabitant of Sweden is a largeblack ant, whose industry during the short summer enables it to providefor a long winter of idleness. The hillocks of these ants are sometimes six or seven feet high, made ofpiles of Avithered fern-needles, small twigs, rotten bark and light mould.Each mound contains many thousands of black inhabitants. They are so busy running to and fro that one would think they werealways having a great political meeting or that their house was on fire.
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52 Persons and Places in JEurope. But after watching them awhile one sees that their movements are all inperfect order. Each one has his task to perform and he does it with all hislittle might. No drones are allowed in this colony, neither do they allowintruders. If one sits down too near their habitation he is soon invited, bymeans of many very forcible little nips, to take himself away. A gentleman once threw his glove upon the top of an ant-hill to seekwhat they would do with it, and he was much amused at .their queer perfor-mances. At first they fell into the greatest confusion. They collected in amob to view the calamity that had befallen them. They examined it inevery possible position, some burrowing inside, and arrviving at the topthrough a small hole between the thumb and forefinger. Others clusteredaround the button at the wrist as if speculating as to what that couldpossibly be, and why so different from the rest. A few gathered about ingroups and seemed to consult as to wh

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