914, RELATION OF ANTS 
pasts will satisfy an ant. I still observed 
those which remained upon the thistle ; 
they presented me the same scene. 
From that period, I always found, that 
the arrival of the ants, and the striking 
with their antenna, preceded the gift 
of this liquid, and that the attitude of 
the pucerons (their head being lowered, ) 
appeared destined to favour this object. 
I have a thousand times witnessed these 
proceedings, which ants always employ 
with success. If, however, they neglect 
for along time visiting them, they (the 
pucerons) deposit the honey upon the 
leaves, where the ants find it on their 
return. | 
When the ants come frequently to. 
these insects, the latter appear to accom- 
modate themselves to their wish, by 
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their junction, they form rivers, which, taking a 
circuitous course, empty themselves into the ocean. 
Thus we see nature engaged in running a perpetual 
round, and the waters, after cooling the atmo- 
sphere and refreshing the earth, return to that 
source whence they originally sprung. — T. 
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