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turn with their stomachs full of the liquor 
furnished them by the pucerons, ‘They 
may be constantly seen going and com- 
ing on the road to the ant-hill. ‘This is 
not the case with the Legionaries, for 
they never go in quest of the pucerons, 
and it is a rare circumstance should they 
venture forth during the early part of the 
day. 
We have now taken a view of the 
Negro Ants or auxiliaries in the several 
offices of, procuring provisions for the 
republic, constructing a common abode, 
and conducting thither its varied in- 
habitants; the Amazons, a colony of 
soldiers, have, on the contrary, no other 
occupation, and no other talent than that 
for war; their manners are altogether 
distinct. ‘They seldom leave their re- 
treat, unless the temperature be above 
the 16th degree of Reaumur (67° of 
Fahrenheit) when placed in the shade. 
The general rendezvous commonly takes 
place a little before five in the evening : 
I have, however, sometimes seen them 
