followed them until he saw them come near a nest of negro ants. Some of these negro ants seemed to be guarding the holes into their nest; but as soon as they saw the legionaries, they, with a great many more from the inside of the nest, attacked the thieves. The legionary ants, however, were too powerful for them, and after a short but severe fight they conquered the negroes, who ran into the lower part of their nests. The legionaries then mounted their ant-hill, some entered it by the holes already made, and others began with their teeth to break other holes, so that all the army might get into the hill. They went in and remained but a few minutes, when they came out, each one having in his mouth a young negro ant, and off they scampered, without any order among them, every one going his own way, until Mr. Huber lost sight of them. The next day he set out to go back and examine further, and on his way he found a large ant-hill full of legionaries, and saw an army start from it, which he followed. They made the attack as before, and each one came off with a young negro ant in his mouth, and on going back to their hill, from which Mr. Huber saw them start, he had an opportunity of seeing them return, and was very much surprised to find all around the nest of the legionaries a great many full-grown negro ants. At first he thought that perhaps they had gone there to fight the legionaries, but he soon saw that instead of fighting, the negro ants went out to meet the legionaries returning, and would caress them, and give them food, and finally take the young negro ants and carry them within the nest." "But, Uncle Philip, why do the legionaries always take the young ones?" "Because, boys, they know, I suppose, that the old ants would never be satisfied to remove from their homes; and therefore they take the young. These legionaries could work if they would, I think, but they depend upon the negro ants for house and home, and food too; and nothing can be more faithful and affectionate than these poor slaves are. To try them, Mr. Huber took thirty of the legionaries, and put them with some of the larvæ, or grubs of their own young, into a glass box with a thick coat of earth at the bottom of it, and he put honey also in the box, that they might not want food. At first the legionaries paid a little attention to their young; but they soon stopped; and they neither tried to make a house, nor took any food, so that in two days half of them died. Mr. Huber then put in _one_ negro ant, and this little creature set to work alone, made a chamber of the earth in the box, gathered the young together, fed the old, and put every thing into complete order.