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WONDERFUL INSTINCT OF THE ANT.
We visit an ant-hill, dear children, to-day.
Come, witness the instinct these creatures display;
"Consider their ways and be wise;"
Thus spoke a wise king, in the Proverbs, you know,
And though we're no sluggards, I think if we go
We'll find a rich feast for our eyes.
One square foot of earth, though to us very small,
To the ant is a kingdom. Each house has a hall,
With chambers and passages lined;
And thousands of homes in one square foot of ground,
With swarms of these insects are frequently found,
And such a one now we will find.
The ants' mode of building we first will explain—
The earth being moistened with dew or with rain,
Large swarms of these insects will meet;
