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beeue long since willi gioatcst gladnesse, ami the rccompcncc of her .selie 

 entertained: Or whether it be Virginian niodestie, and alter the vsc of 

 Virgins, shee would say Nay at first, holding that lone surest in contin- 

 uance, which is hardest in obtaining : Whether any, or all of these, or 

 what else luilh hindred •, hindered we haue been, and haue not obtained 

 the full fruition of her Loue, and possession of her gaincfiil Dowrie, 

 which yet now (more than euer before) she seemeth lo promise, and 

 doubtlesse will quickly performe, if niggardise at home doe not hinder. 

 And should men be niggardly in this aduenture, where JVabal must 

 needs veriiie his name, where keeping loseth, aduenturing promiseth so 

 faire a purchase ? Miserie of our times ! that miserable men should 

 liere want what they already haue, and refuse to haue there, at no rate, 

 abundant supply to their too miserable feares of want. Lift vp your 

 epes, and see that brightness of Virginia's beauty ! which the Moun- 

 taines lift vp theinselues always with wilde smiles to behold, sending 

 downe siluer streames to salute her, which powre themselues greedily 

 into her lonely lap, and after many winding embracements, loth depart, 

 are at last swallowed of a more mightie corriuall, the Ocean : He also 

 sends Armies of Fishes to her Coasts, to winne her Loue, eucn of his 

 best store, and that in store and abundance : the Mountaines out-bid the 

 Ocean, in oilering the secret store-houses of undoubted Mines : he again 

 oflereth pearles : and thus while they seeke to out-face each other with 

 their purted and bigge swollen cheekes, who shall gei the Bride ; the 

 one laies hold on the Continent and detaines the same, maugre the 

 Oceans fury, and he againe hath gotten the Hands all along the Coast, 

 which he guardeth and keepeth with his watery Garrisons. Virginia, 

 betwixt those two sowre-faced Suters, is almost distracted, and easily 

 would giue entertainment to English loue, and accept a JYciv Britain 

 appellation, if her husband be but furnished out at first in sorts and 

 sutes, befitting her marriage solenuiitie : all which her rich dowrie 

 would maiiitainc for cuer alter with aduantage." Penn. 



ANT-IANA, NO. V. 



About the middle of July, I met with a colony of ants of a difiiu- 

 ent species from any yet described. They were of a red [)rown color, 

 and in some respects, their habits were difierent from any yet noticed. 

 They did not travel at random in search of food as some others do ; luit 

 they had constructed regular tunnels or walks, partly excavated, or aiched 

 over with small pieces of sticks, bark, or leaves, along which they were 

 passing in considerable iiimibeis. I found tlicre were lateral biaiiciie^ 



