Holding a microscope to the first- mentioned red ant, I saw that, though he was assiduously gnawing at the near fore leg of his enemy, having severed his remaining feeler, his own breast was all torn away, exposing what vitals he had there to the jaws of the black warrior, whose breastplate was apparently too thick for him to pierce; and the dark carbuncles of the sufferer's eyes shone with ferocity such as war only could excite.
Holding ́n mikroskoop te eersgenoemde rooi mier, het ek gesien dat al was hy naarstiglik vreet aan die nabye vore been van sy vyand, wat afgesny sy oorblywende voeler, was al wat sy eie bors geskeur weg, bloot te stel watter edele deel hy was daar tot die kake van die swart vegter, wie se borstas was glo te dik vir hom om te steek, en die donker karbonkels van. die lyer se oë blink met wild soos oorlog kon net opgewonde.QED QED