A moment before, hundreds of ants were trudging around a tiny pool, the water lined with ant handrails, and in shallow places, veritable formicine pontoons,-large ants which stood up to their bodies in water, with the booty-laden host passing over them.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
I've done it before with pontoons.
"The Electronic Mind Reader"
John Blaine
Even as he watched, the pontoons pulled away.
"The Electronic Mind Reader"
John Blaine