About two or three inches from this line of ants I saw another line. This line went _to_ the hill, not _from_ it. They went in good order. They had no bundles when they went into the hill; when they came out, each had a bundle, and joined the other line of ants. [Illustration: On the March.] I went along with the stream of ants that had the white bundles. I found that they went to a new hill, about thirty feet from the old hill. There they laid down their bundles, and went back to the old hill to bring more. The bundles lay heaped in a ring all about the gate of the new city. Out of this gate ran other ants in haste. They caught up the bundles, one by one, and carried them in. In about half an hour they were nearly all taken in, and the ants brought no more. The moving was over. [Illustration: On the March.] With a long blade of grass, I gently took up a little bundle, I hid it behind a stone, some six inches off. I took three bundles and hid them, lifting them with the tip of the grass-blade. When all the bundles left at the hill were carried in, the ants went down the gates. But in a minute out came three or four ants. They ran about wildly and searched the ground. They went in circles and looked over the ground with much care. The circles grew wider. At last one came up behind the stone and found the bundles. The ant picked up one bundle and ran. Then this ant met the other ants, and, I think, told them the news. For at once the other ants ran up to the stone, and each took up a bundle. Then they all ran into the hill. Can ants count? That looked as if they knew how many bundles they had. It also looked as if they knew that two ants must go for two bundles. A man who took bundles from a march in this way thinks that the ants smell the hidden bundles. He says they will not search for them if you hide them in the earth. LESSON VI. THE FARMER ANTS. You have heard of the spider which makes a den in the ground. You know that it puts a trap-door on its den, and plants ferns on the door to hide it.[6] The spider turns gardener in this way, and all his plants grow well. There is an ant that has a farm, or garden. This ant lives in warm lands. In this country they are found in Texas, Florida, and in one or two other warm States. These farmer ants raise grain to eat. The grain is a kind of grass with a large seed. It is called by some “ant-rice.” There is also a large ant which is fond of the seeds of the sunflower. It is said that the ants plant the sunflowers in a ring around their hill. [Illustration: The Little Farmer.] The ants have not been _seen_ to carry the seed and plant it. So we may not be _quite_ sure that they do so. Perhaps they build where they see young sunflower plants growing. It is possible that the ant plants seeds of some kinds. You see there are yet in the world many things left for you to find out. It will be well for you to keep your eyes open.