116 BEHAA^IOUR TO INTOXICATED FRIENDS. 



At 3. 2 a friend to the water. 

 3. 6 a stranger to the water. 

 3.12 a friend to the'water. 



3.15 „ „ 



3.16 a friend to the nest. 

 3.22 a stranger to the water 

 3.25 



3.25 a friend to the nest, 

 3.35 a stranger to the water. 

 3.50 a friend to the nest. 

 3.50 



All these ants appeared quite insensible. Altogether 

 sixteen friends were taken to the nest and five thrown into 

 the water, while of the strangers only three were taken 

 to the nest, and fifteen were thrown into the water. 

 Moreover, as in the preceding observation, even the 

 three strangers which were at first taken to the nest 

 were soon brought out again and thrown away ; while 

 this was not the case with any of the friends as far as 

 we could ascertain, though we searched diligently for 

 them also. In this case also all the intoxicated ants 

 were motionless and apparently insensible. 



January 15. — Kepeated the same experiment, 

 beginning at 12.20. Up to 7 p.m. not one of the intoxi 

 cated ants had been moved. At 8.20 we found a 

 stranger in the water, at 9.30 another, and at the 

 following morning a third. The others were untouched. 



January 17. — Repeated the same experiment, 

 beginning at 1 1.30. 



