46 ARCHITECTURE OF ANTS. 
tion of those labours in which they have 
been engaged ?* | | 
I could readily bring forward number- 
less examples of the industry of ants, in 
still mentioning after what manner seve- 
ral other species construct their abode ; 
but, not to abuse or weary the patience of 
my readers, I shail not enter into a de- 
tail of the labours of the Field Ants, who 
build little chambers, one above the 
other, along the stems of plants, and who 
can, in time of need, connect grains of 
sand, by juxta-position alone, or by the 
admixture of a little moistened earth; 
nor of those of the Sanguine Ant, who 
are enabled to form from earth, dry 
leaves, and other materials, a compact 
tissue, difficult to break, and impe- 
netrable to water; nor of those covered 
* For several curious particulars relative to the 
instinct of insects, I refer to the Introduction to 
Entomology, by Messrs. Kirby and Spence, vol. ii. 
p. 465.—This work I cannot too strongly recom- 
mend to the notice of my readers; since it abounds 
in a variety of interesting information, and pos- 
sesses the no small advantage of being ig 
amusing as instructive. — T | | 
