The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

198 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.honey. "Afterwards," he says, "I allowedan ant to visit them, and it immediately seemed,by its eager way of running about, to be wellaware what a rich flock it had discovered; itthen began to play with its antenna on theabdomen first of one aphis and ihen of another;and each, as soon as it felt the antenn~,immediately lifted up its abdomen and excreteda limpid drop of sweet juice, which waseagerly devoured by the ant."* So the antshave their " cows " and milk them.To attempt any account of the ants oftropical countries, where ants are most numerous,swarming in the regions they inhabit,and marching in hosts, would occupy too muchspace. I give, therefore, only a single referenceextracted from the testimony of Mr.Savage concerning the driver ant of WesternAfrica (Anomnza Arcens), so called because ofthe success with which it drives every thingbefore it. Mr. Savage annoyed by the proximityof a large settlement,, discovered itsquarters in some decaying granite. Kindlinga fire around it, he believed he had succeededin disposing of that settlement. Two daysafter, he went back to the spot, and instead* Origin of Species 6th ed. p. 207,