f the jar, where many of them grew, making a pretty little
green forest, which the ants soon cut down and destroyed. This chamber
remained empty for three or four days, and was then again refilled with
fresh millet and apple and croton seeds.

I kept a small shell, which held about a tablespoonful of water,
standing in the jar for the ants to drink from. For more than a month
the water was allowed to remain clear, the ants often coming to the edge
to drink; but one day one was walking on the edge of the shell, and
carrying an apple-seed, when she lost her footing and rolled into the
water. She floundered about for a few moments, still holding on to the
seed: at last she let it drop and crawled out. As soon as she had
divested herself of the surplus water, she consulted several of her
companions, and they immediately went to work and filled up the shell,
first throwing in four or five apple-seeds, and then filling in with
earth; and ever after, as often as I cleared out the shell and put in
fresh water, it would be filled with earth, sticks and seeds; and they
now served all sweet liquids which I gave them in the same way, sipping
the syrup from the moistened earth.

Like other ants, they are very fastidious about removing their dead
companions. I buried one about half an inch beneath the soil. Very soon
several congregated about the spot and commenced digging with their fore
feet, after the manner of digger-wasps, throwing the earth backward.
They soon unearthed and pulled the body out, when one seized and tried
to remove it, climbing up the side of the jar, and falling back until I
relieved her of the burden.

From time to time I add new recruits of soldiers and workers to the jar.
This always causes a little confusion for a few moments: there is a
quick challenging with antennae, but no fighting, and soon all are
working harmoniously together. I found three half-drowned, chilled ants
near the mound from which most of the inhabitants of the jar were taken.
One was not only wet and chilled, but also covered with sand. These I
put on a small leaf and placed in the centre of the jar. The genial
warmth soon revived them. Many of their old companions clustered around
them, and there seemed to be considerable consultation. The two wet ants
were soon made welcome, and, leaving the leaf, were conducted by their
comrades--from whom they had been separated for more than two
months--to the rooms below. But the one covered with