26 AKTS. 



String over the window. As for the pigeons, 

 I drove them away several times ; and when 

 they perceived that the place was more fre- 

 quented than before, they never came to it 

 again. What is most admirable (and what 

 I could hardly believe, if I did not know it 

 by experience), is, that those Ants knew some 

 days after that they had nothing to fear, and 

 began to lay out their corn in the sun. How- 

 ever, I perceived they were not fijlly con- 

 vinced of being out of all danger ; for they 

 durst not bring out their provisions all at 

 once, but by degrees, first in a small quan- 

 tity, and without any great order, that they 

 might quickly carry them away in case of 

 any misfortune, watching and looking every 

 way. At last, being persuaded that they 

 had nothing to fear, they brought out all 

 their corn, almost every day, and in good 

 order, and carried it in af night. 



There is a straight hole in every Ant's 

 nest, about half an inch deep ; and then it 

 goes down sloping into a place where they 

 have their magazine, which I take to be a 

 different place from that where they rest and 



