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the same way on the following morning, but at an earlier hour, when only a 

 few comers and goers were to be seen near the nest." And soon leaving 

 the place, I had no further opportunity to attend to them. 



And now having conducted you through every apartment of the formi- 

 cary, and shown you its inhabitants in every light, I shall leave you to 

 meditate on the extraordinary instincts with which their Creator has 

 gifted them, reserving what I have to say on the other social insects for a 

 future occasion. 



I am, &c. 



