MY ANT FAMILY. 47

 

that not only at this time, but often
afterwards, I saw them together, when, _
from what they did immediately, I had
no doubt but they had been conversing
with each other, in their way. I found
out that they expressed a great deal,
from time to time, by the motions of
those little horns, called antenne,
which they have, in common with all
the ant race.

After the parley they soon went to
work in earnest, boring holes in the
earth, inside of the bottle. You never
saw more industrious creatures in your
life than these fellows, while they were