Show ANTS AGAINST SNAKE lumbers itou in a lone aud JK ittle while camping in alabama during the late war said col II 11 C crosman of day ton 0 according to the bt louis globe democrat I 1 w witnessed an attack of a band of black ants upon a striped snake one evening w hile I 1 w as try ing to go to sleep after a long day s I 1 alt move under my head I 1 lifted one corner of alie and found a snake between three and four feet in length I 1 quickly hit it w ith a small stick but tin reptile set med hardly stunned by the blow so I 1 picked it up on the end of the stick and chiew it about fifteen feet away the snake landed on a large ant hill almost instantly the ants poured forth from their nest which w as underneath and began a ig orous attack upon the in bruder who w as soon oo 00 ered by scores of his assailants biting him fearfully the battle raged w ith fury the snake writhing about in torture the contest at first beamed an unequal one for the snake was rapidly thinning out his persecutors but on the other hand the ants were numer ous and quick in their aggressive movements the snake with one blow of install would kill or wound a long line of ants but the acene little creatures were soon reinforced b bresli troops and fought w ith a desperation w ond irful to behold 1 w as astonished beyond measure to see the tactics of the ants hen the saw their numbers were being lessened they dis etched couriers for fresh relays of soldiers who appeared on the scene in due time to replace the killed or w aund cd the moon after a time lit up the scene but as there appeared no near of the struggle I 1 gave up v etching it and stretching laaen on 1113 blanket went to sleep before tents the net morning I 1 w mt to look at the battle ground iiii slam insects were scattered in c ay iy direction but there were siv si v or seven w watchful ants upon the back of alic snake which lay stretched out dead near the ant hill |