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of transporting their little ones to enjoy 
the warmth of the sun. When the sun’s 
rays fell upon the exterior portion of the 
nest, the ants, who were then on the 
surface, descended with great rapidity to 
the bottom of the ant-hill, struck with 
their antennz the other ants, ran one 
after the other, and jostled their com- 
panions, who mounted at the moment 
under the bell glass, and redescended with 
the same speed, putting in their turn 
the whole colony in motion, so that we 
could observe a swarm of workers, filling 
up all the passages; but what proved 
still more their intention by these move- 
ments, was, the violence with which 
the workers sometimes seized, with their 
mandibles, those who did not appear to 
understand them, dragging them forth 
tothe top of the ant-hill, and immedi- 
ately leaving them, to go and seek those 
still remaining with the young. 
As soon as the ants had intimation of 
the appearance of the Sun, they occupied 
themselves with the larve and pupe; 
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