Further Observations 



places, where he cannot go astray. But 

 there comes a time when nothing is left in 

 the neighbourhood; everything has been har- 

 vested. 



The hoarder, who cannot bear distant ex- 

 peditions, thereupon perishes of inaction; he 

 quits the home where henceforth there is no 

 more work for him. Having nothing left 

 to do for want of materials, the roller, the 

 bruiser of pills dies out of doors, in the open 

 air. This is my explanation of the males 

 found dead on the surface when May comes. 

 They are the disconsolate victims of their 

 passion for work. They abandon life the 

 moment life becomes useless. 



If my conjecture is well-founded, it must 

 be possible for me to prolong the existence 

 of these pessimists by placing gradually at 

 the workers' disposal as many pellets as they 

 can wish for. It occurs to me to load the 

 Minotaur with favours; I propose to create 

 on his behalf a paradise where droppings 

 abound, where the sugar-plums will be re- 

 newed as and when those already there are 

 lowered into the cellar. Moreover, this de- 

 lightful land will have a sandy soil, kept 

 moist to the requisite degree; a depth equal 

 to that of the usual burrows; and lastly am- 

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