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Show White Ants as a Delicacy. Tho natives at nearly all parts of Africa nro exceedingly fond of whlto nnts ns a dish. On one occasion, while4 camping on the banks of' tho Zotigaj Livingstone was visited by a chief, and as he was at dinner at tho time ho gave him a plcco ot bread and somo preserved apricots. Tho chief seemed to relish It very much, and Livingstone asked him If he had nnythlng equal to that In his country. "Ah," said he, "did you over tasto whlto ants?" Llv-lngstono Llv-lngstono assured him that he had never tried that delicacy. "Well, If you had," replied the chief, licking his mouth with pleasant memories, "you nover could wish nnythlng better." |