IN A GLASS APPARATUS. 32} 
place, the main body of auxiliaries were 
assembled. I had scarcely time to 
make these observations, the ants being 
much alarmed by the sudden introduc- 
tion of the light. The Amazons left 
their garrison, and ran over the glass, 
but re-assembled, in a short time, in the 
most elevated part of the building, and 
formed themselves in groups close to the 
vault or roof. ‘The Negro Ants, at the 
same moment, seized the larve and 
pupe, carried them to the darkest places, 
passed through the holes in the sheet of 
tin, and reached the side opposite to that 
where I was taking my observations, the 
shutter of which had not been opened. 
By degrees, I was enabled so to manage 
the light that it should no longer alarm 
these insects, or at least so triflingly, that 
tranquillity might be speedily restored, 
I could thus follow them in their opera- 
tions (which was absolutely necessary) 
at my ease. 
The Amazons always ainainasl on.. or 
affixed to the ceiling of their under- 
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