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As by 9. .'JO only Illesi' Iwo unis were erawliiii^ al)oiit 

 and made no liiillier alleiiipis lo leave llie upper slal), 

 I re|)l:iee(l llie card. A! U.,'}') some oilier aiils l)e;4aii lo 

 wander ahoul and some ol llieni made their wav lo llie 

 middle slab down the card, some relnrned Ihe same 

 way but two went n|) one ol" the pins. At U.4"t an ani 

 made its way iVom the tabh' to the lower slal) and i'- 

 Ncntualiy to the middle one wiiere at 1).').') it mei an ani 

 IVom above. They ix-lurned toi^ether to the u|)|)er slab 

 b\' means ol' the card and as far as tlie Tryxalis : they 

 then i-eluine(l to Ihe card and separated. 'I'he lormei' 

 tiieti to return to Ihe table but tailed to lind its |)atii and 

 returned lo Ihe upper slab where it entered the body 

 ol' the Ti'yxalis at h) a. m. 



I'p to Ibis lime only seven ants had left the car- 

 casses to wander about, all singly; now, however, they 

 i)et;an to eonu' moie l're((uenlly and sometimes sevei'al 

 al once and by 11 a. m. 22 ants had wandered I'rom the 

 Trvxalis, sonu' in i^roups of I'oui' or live. These ants 

 went niueli lurthe!- than the first seven and e\|)loit'd the 

 upper surl'aee oltlie middle slab in all direelions thoui^Ji 

 apparently aimlessly. Tftese 22 ants were not neeessa- 

 lily all dilTerenl ones as some may have eome out Iwo 

 or lince times. 



Soon alter II a.m. two ants IVom the nest made 

 Iheii- way to the uppei- surlaee ol' the middle slab and 

 at ll.lcS am. one ol" these met someol'a i^roup ol' four 

 ants which weic wanderini,' Ihere. 'i'liis ani relnrned to 

 the table and some way aloni* ils l'ormer path, il then 

 returned lo the cork, went up the central pin to llu' 

 middle slab as before, followed its piH'\ious path lo the 

 upper surface and thence climbed up the card lo the 



