PREFACE, 
BY THE TRANSLATOR. 
Tur favourable critique of these Re. 
searches (Recherches sur les Meurs des 
Fourmis, &c.), in the Edinburgh Re- 
view, for July, 1812, led me to entertain 
little doubt, that, long ere this, a trans- 
jation would have been presented to the 
public. | 
Disappointed in this expectation, and 
desirous of filling up agreeably a portion 
of my leisure time, I engaged in the 
translation, although aware of the little 
merit attached to so humble an office. 
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