'The Police acted as the general staff in the campaign that follow. ed. Fire hose was played on the pests and the citizens fought them. with "swat-thosly"—paraphernalls il, fire, brooms and all manner of' weapons, Bonfires were lit in the streets and these proved the undoing of thousands of the insects.
By about nightfall, the battle was over. The villagers were vie~ torious, the invading enemy leaving. tens of thousands dead and the rest Gisappearing in the fading light. When houses were cleaned out later, each person swept out between nearly one and two pounds of dead ants.
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