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mentioned, approaching nearer the wars 
in which we ourselves engage. 
The Sanguine Ants, when they are 
attacked by the Fallow Ants, go and 
await the enemy in little troops, at some 
distance from the nest: they advance in 
a body, without separating, and seize all 
those of their enemies who venture too 
far from their camp. ‘These slight skir- 
mishes are very amusing: the two par- 
ties place themselves in ambuscade, and. 
suddenly attack each other in turns ; but 
when the Sanguine Ants perceive that 
the Fallow Ants are advancing in force 
against them, they inform those at the 
ant-hill of the need in which they stand 
of their assistance. Immediately, a con- 
siderable army leaves the Sanguine city, 
advances in a body, and surrounds the 
enemy. Nothing more, I conceive, is 
wanting to prove the existence of a 
language between these insects. I have 
witnessed instances of this kind every 
day for several weeks. ‘These combats 
were constantly renewed between the 
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