The Battle of the Ants
by Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's Walden Pond, Chapter 12: Brute Neighbors, presented here as a convenience to students and instructors."I have no doubt that it was a principle they fought for, as much as our ancestors, and not to avoid a three-penny tax on their tea; and the results of this battle will be as important and memorable to those whom it concerns as those of the battle of Bunker Hill, at least."
"I was witness to events of a less peaceful character. One day when I went out to my wood-pile, or rather my pile of stumps, I observed two large ants, the one red, the other much larger, nearly half an inch long, and black, fiercely contending with one another. Having once got hold they never let go, but struggled and wrestled and rolled on the chips incessantly. Looking farther, I was surprised to find that the chips were covered with such combatants, that it was not a duellum, but a bellum, a war between two races of ants, the red always pitted against the black, and frequently two red ones to one black. The legions of these Myrmidons covered all the hills and vales in my wood-yard, and the ground was already strewn with the dead and dying, both red and black." (READ MORE)
I can see why if it were mounted on the roof. Neither was grounded on the old installation. It would be almost impossible to do it strictly to code, but I'll give it a try, mostly just for show in case the local dish police show up.
