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ant hill
noun
- a mound of soil, leaves, etc, near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
- a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest
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Have you ever disturbed an ant-hill, and seen the ants come running out in great haste to learn what was wrong?
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Groups of them come out to the top of the ant-hill to warm and thaw themselves in the rays of the sun.
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The same gentleman another day observed a slave ant venture out to the entrance to the ant-hill to enjoy the warmth of the sun.
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For instance, an ant was one day seen at some distance from the ant-hill, and evidently in no hurry to go back to it.
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Within two weeks from this day I shall be with you, and then my little ant-hill of mystery will be torn to pieces.
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