Ants Claimed the Amazon

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Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004, by Astounding Stories is part of HackerNoon’s Book Blog Post series. You can jump to any chapter in this book here. THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND - XXX. — THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 2004: THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND - XXX. — THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.

By H. G. Wells

When Captain Gerilleau received instructions to take his new gunboat, the Benjamin Constant, to Badama on the Batemo arm of the Guaramadema and there assist the inhabitants against a plague of ants, he suspected the authorities of mockery. His promotion had been romantic and irregular, the affections of a prominent Brazilian lady and the captain's liquid eyes had played a part in the process, and the Diario and O Futurohad been lamentably disrespectful in their comments. He felt he was to give further occasion for...

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