Show great armies of blind ants rout all efemie where are they going goin no on knows but tiger lion elephant or human being all fly in terror before their blind advance for these are the armies of the blind ants and when they meet a resistance they cannot see they go through it declares a writer lit in pearsons Pear sona weekly driver ants are only an inch long iong but they a are re the most dreaded of living creatures they are trained as methodically th a ily as any army their col dumns of march are perfectly or organized with the females female packed in the center center flank flanked ed each side by a strong line of protecting males in front of the column march ti the he soldiers and skirmishing parties tie their I 1 ir job is to find suitable camping sites and to glye give warning of dd d danger D ge rth their el r method method of crossing a river it 1 in ingenious genious the soldiers select a suitable spot f tor or crossing tile the ants then break colu column mn and form themselves onto a compact ball fein females ales inside males next nest and outside tile the more powerful soldiers this ball rolls down the bank into tile the stream and Is ia whirled across to the other side by the current when the driver ants come coin e to a vil ing lage p the inhabitants run for their thear lives to remain wo would uld be to be eaten alive the drivers devour every rat spider do dog or chicken that Is leftt left beform passing on in their aelen relentless march they tire are in fact na natures vires spring cleaners for the villages are always cleaner after their visit |