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quite at home, and the colour with which I had marked 

 her had been almost cleaned off. The stranger, on the 

 contrary, was being dragged about by two of the ants. 

 After this, however, I could not find her. She had, no 

 doubt, escaped from the nest. 



November 12. — The following day, therefore, at 

 11.30, I again put a friend and a stranger into this 

 division of the nest. The friend seemed quite at 

 home. One of the ants at once seized the stranger by 

 an antenna and began dragging her about. I will give 

 this observation in detail out of my note-book. 



At 11.4.5. The friend is quite at home with the 

 rest; the stranger is being dragged about. 



At 12. The friend is all right. Three ants now 

 have hold of the stranger by her legs and an antenna. 



At 12.15, 12.30, 12.45, and at 1 the stranger was 

 thus held a prisoner. 



At 1.30 one now took hold of the friend, but soon 

 seemed to find out her mistake, and left go again. 



At 1.45. The friend is all right. The stranger is 

 being attacked. The friend also has been almost 

 cleaned, while on the stranger the colour has been 

 scarcely touched. 



At 2.15. Two ants are licking the friend, while 

 another pair are holding the stranger by her legs. 



At 2.30. The friend is now almost clean ; so that 

 I could only just perceive any colour. The stranger, 

 on the contrary, is almost as much coloured as ever. 

 She is now near the door, and, I think, would have 

 come out, but two ants met and seized her. 



At 3. Two ants are attacking the stranger. The 

 friend was no longer distinguishable from the rest. 



At 3.30, 3.40, and 5 the stranger was still held a 

 ^>risoner. 



At 6.0. The stranger now escaped from the nest^ 

 and I put her back among her own friends. 



December 11. — At 10 a.m. I again put in a firiend 



