Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
coiled himself up.Then, with the aid of the stick, I threw him aboutfifteen feet away, and he landed upon a large ant- hill. Almost instantly the ants came forth fromtheir nest, which was underground, and began avigorous attack upon the intruder, who soon wascovered by scores of his small… … A NATIVE AFRICAN DESTROYING A HOUSE OF TERMITES, OR WHITE ANTS. circle of human observers, who had been calledtogether by the unusual sight. The contest seemed,at first, to be an unequal one; for the snake wasrapidly thinning out his persecutors. But, on theother hand, the ants were very numerous,…
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