THE 
NATURAL HISTORY 
OF 
ANTS. 
CHAP. I. 
THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANTS. 
Tue first objects which strike the atten- 
tion in entering upon the study of the 
history of ants, are the art with which 
' ad form their habitations ; their variety, 
_ and the manner in which they respectively 
_ answer the wants of the species who con- 
struct them. They are sometimes fa- 
bricated with earth, sometimes hewn out 
in the trunk of the most solid trees, or 
simply composed of leaves and stalks of 
plants collected from all quarters. They 
are of an astonishing size, when compared 
with their diminutive architects. 
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