THE GREAT GOLDEN DIGGER 



to work in good earnest and brought up load after load 

 of earth until the shadows grew long. We noticed that 

 on these later trips she flew directly away, depending 

 upon her first careful study of the surroundings to find 

 her way back. At fifteen minutes after five the patient 

 worker came to the surface, and made a second study, 



HASTY LOCALITY STUDY BY SPHEX 



this time not so detailed, of the environment. She flew 

 this way and that, in and out among the plants, high and 

 low, far and near, and at last, satisfied, rose in circles, 

 higher and higher, and disappeared from view. We 

 waited for her return with all the patience at our com- 



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