PERFECT SOCIETIES OF INSECTS. 3i7 



the same way on the following morning, but at an earlier hour, when only a 

 few comers and goers were to he seen near the nest." And soon lea\ ing 

 the place. I had no further opportunity to attend to them. 



And now having conducted you through every apartment of the formi- 

 cary, and shown you its inhabitants in every light, I shall leave you to 

 meditate on the extraordinary mstinrls vi'ith which their Creator has 

 gifted them, reserving what I have to say on the other social insects for a 

 futui-e occasion. 



.1 am, &c. 



