Chap. 5. 5^Z^^ A P P A R A T U S. Ss 



a Co7n7?ioriwealth, When they gather Grain, 

 they dry and bite it at both Ends, that it 

 may not grow. They wear away Stones by 

 their AfTiduity, and make beaten Roadways. 

 They help one another in drawing their Bur- 

 dens, damming out Water, and burying their 

 Dead. The Greater lead the Way, and the 

 LefTer drag the Corn : And, when dirty, they 

 cleanfe themfelves before they enter into their 

 Habitations. They teach the Young to labour, 

 but expel the Idle and Slothful : And when 

 they move their Scores, it is faid to be a Sign 

 of foul Weather. They caft up the Earth over 

 the Mouth of their Caves, that the Water may 

 not enter them. In thefe Habitations they have 

 three Cells ; in the one they live, in another 

 they breed and bury, and in the third they keep 

 their Corn. They generate in Winter, and 

 bring forth Eggs, which, in the Spring, 

 are Ants. When old, they grow winged, and 

 then fuddenly after die. 



To angle with the young Brood of Wafps^ 

 Hornets^ and HumUe-lees^ you mull dry them 

 on a Fire-fliovel or ^ile-ftone^ in an Oven that 

 has cooled after baking. To avoid their being 

 burned, lay them on a thin Board or Chip,, and 

 cover them with another, fo fupported as not to 

 crulh them. This Way they will keep long, 

 and ftick on the Hook well. If you boil them 

 a Minute or two in Water or Milk, they grow 

 black in three or four Days, but are good for 

 prefent Ufe. Thefe are fmgular good Baits 

 for Roach^ Dace^ Cbuh^ Ecl^ Bream^ Flounder-, 



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