40 my ANT FAMILY.

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ing some black ants, who lived under
my rool, and came under my careful
notice almost every day, for nearly six
months. You must know how I came
by the ants.

Instead of coal, 1 burn wood in my
study. Well, one cold day in the
winter, John, the colored man who
works for me sometimes, Was sawing
some hickory syood for my stove, when
he came to my door, cap in hand, and
begged me to come with him, as he
had something wonderful to show me-
As I am always wide awake, when

there 1s any thing very curious to be