The latter, which are called 'drivers,' and which the natives name _sirafous_, were victorious.
"The others, the '_tchoungous_,' took flight, carrying their eggs and their young, not without having bravely defended themselves.

Never, according to Livingstone, never was the spirit of battle carried farther, either among men or beasts! With their tenacious jaws, which tear out the piece, these _sirafous_ make the bravest man recoil.

The largest animals--even lions and elephants--flee before them.
"Nothing stops them; neither trees, which they climb to the summit, nor streams, which they cross by making a suspension bridge of their own bodies, hooked together.

And numerous! Another African traveler--Du Chaillu--has seen a column of these ants defile past him for twelve hours without stopping on the road.

But why be astonished at the sight of such myriads?
The fecundity of these insects is surprising; and, to return to our fighting termites, it has been proved that a female deposits as much as sixty thousand eggs in a day! Besides, these newroptera furnish the natives with a juicy food.
Broiled ants, my friends; I know of nothing better in the world!" "Have you then eaten them, Mr.Benedict ?" asked Hercules.
"Never," replied the wise professor; "but I shall eat some." "Where ?" "Here." "Here; we are not in Africa!" said Tom, very quickly.
"No, no!" replied Cousin Benedict; "and, thus far, these warlike termites, and their villages of ant-hills, have only been observed on the African Continent.