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Moreover, about the middle of the month of Auguft, I examined 

 ieveral black Ants' nefts on the Lands we call Duynen or the Downs, 

 as well in the neighbourhood of Haerlem, as elfewhere, but I did 

 not find in them any of the maggots from which thefe Ants were 

 bred, nor any of the wobs fpun by them, but only fome empty webs 

 or cafes, out of which the Ants had crept. 



I have alfo feen, in fome nefts, the greateft part of the Ants 

 changed into flying animals ; and, among thefe winged Ants, fome 

 were eight times larger than the common black Ant. 



I, afterwards, again examined the nefts of the red Ants in 

 my garden, and found in them Ants, with their eggs, the maggots, 

 and cryfales, in as great numbers as before. 



I alfo placed feveral grains of wheat before the Ants' nefts, 

 thinking they would not have ftrength to carry them away, but 

 I did not obferve them at all difpofed to touch the wheat, and they 

 only carried into their nefts a fmall barley-corn. 



I have thus in my refearches difcovered two fpecies of Ants ; and 

 doubtlefs there may be many other fpecies of them in thefe parts, 

 which have not come under my obfervation. As to what forts of 

 Ants are found in other countries, \^'hich are much larger than rurs, 

 and what may regard their coUeAing provifions, and the nature of 

 their domeftic ceconomy, all thefe things are unknown to me. 



Thefe are my obfervations (fuchas they are), refpe^ting the Ants, 

 from which I have colledled, and fatisfied myfelf of, the following 

 particxilars : Firli, that Ants lay very minute eggs ; fecondly, that 

 from thofe eggs maggots are produced, which are fed by the Ants; 

 and that the food which Ants are continually carrying to their nefts 

 in the fummer time, is for no other ufe than the nourilhment of 

 thofe maggots : and thirdly, that what people call Ants' eggs are 

 either maggots, crylales, or the v\ ebs fpun by the maggots, (with 

 maggots in the infide). 



To fliew the true fize of our Ants, T caufcd a drawing to be made 

 of fome of the red ones, which is exprcftcd at^o-. -. ' 



