56 MY ANT FAMILY.

 

themselves to work to get rid of the
lake altogether. Bridging it was out
of the question. They were convinced
of that, I suppose. At any rate, they
did not attempt to throw a bridge over
it. But they did attempt a far wiser
course; and they succeeded. They
held a council, and concluded to fill
up the lake. This they actually did.
A company of them, leaving the house
in the manner I have mentioned be-
fore, came out into the open globe, and
carried grains of earth and dropped
them, one by one, into the lake, until
it was quite filled up, so that they