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lost all knowledge of its route, wander- 
ing here and there without finding any 
entrance, 
-L observed one, after several ineffectual 
windings, take the precaution of laying 
on the earth the Amazon, who remained 
in the same spot until the Negro return- 
ed to its assistance, who, having well as- 
certained and examined one of the en- 
trances, resumed its burthen, and bore it 
into the interior. If the entrance to any 
gallery was unluckily obstructed by a 
mass of earth, and the Negro Ant wished 
to introduce by that way one of the 
Amazons, it quickly deposited its load, 
and began clearing away the impedi-. 
ment; this was no sooner effected, than 
the Amazon was again taken up, and 
carried triumphantly into the nest. 
If individual facts prove the harmony 
which reigns between these two species, 
living under the same roof, general facts 
fully illustrate what has been already 
stated. 
We may readily see, from the appear- 
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