RELATION BETWEEN ANTS. 163 . 
which they might be sheltered: this 
obtained, they began to recruit. That 
ant which had found a place of safety, 
went immediately to seek its companions, 
one after the other, on the floor, then in 
the ant-hill: but it was sufficient, by 
simply taking away at the time the first 
recruit, to stop the emigration, at least 
until some other ant had discovered an 
equally convenient retreat. 
The recruiting continued several days; 
but when the whole of the labourers 
knew the route to their new habitation, 
they ceased to carry each other. They 
had by this time constructed large vaulted 
chambers, avenues, and lodges; they 
first brought off their pups and larve, 
then the males and females. When the 
removal was complete, they for ever 
abandoned the artificial ant-hill, and the 
road which led to it. 
But upon opening the shutter of my 
ruche whilst the emigration on the ex- 
terior was in full activity, all appeared 
tranquil within ; those recruiting, arrived 
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