Show an in slam U charles meissen n explorer in traveling through stain observed a spi cles of small gray ants which were new to him these ants were lucli engaged la traveling they lived in damp places and went in to his surprise he noticed among them from time to time an occasional cas ional ant which was much larger than lie others and moved at a much swifter picc and each of larger nuts M saw always carried one of the grav ants on its back while the malu body of gray ants were always on foot they were accompanied by at least one of their own sort mounted on one of these larger ants it mounted detached itself now and alun from the line rode rapidly to the head came swiftly back to the rear and seemed to be the commander of the expedition the explorer was satisfied hint this of ant employs a larger ant possibly a drone of the same species just as we employ horses to ride upon though scarcely more than on nt in each colony seems to be provided with a mount |