MY ANT FAMILY. 43

 

I knew very well that, unless I shut
the black creatures-up, they would be
running about my room, as soon as
they began to get a little warm; so
that they could have the use of their
limbs. So I put them into a large,
wide-mouthed glass bottle, so clear
that I could easily see through it,
and watch all their motions. It was
about an hour, as near as I can rec- .
ollect, before they waked up, and
showed signs of life; and when they
found themselves actually awake, they
behaved something as I should sup-
pose a cat would behave in a strange