MY ANT FAMILY. 45

 

Well, well, if this don’t beat all the
mysteries that I ever heard of!”

I soon found that the cage into
which I had put my ants was an un-
comfortable one for them. When I
closed the mouth of the bottle, as I
was obliged to do, to keep them from
escaping, they did not seem to like it
at all. So I contrived another house
for them. I got a large glass globe,
‘such as is used to keep gold fish in,
and fitted up that for their home. The
way I did was this: In the first place,
I sprinkled some earth in the bottom
of the globe. Then I emptied the ants