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examining this, he found it contained only his 

 flour and no honey. This robbery made him 

 resolve to destroy no more bees when he took 

 their honey, considering their conduct in rob- 

 bing him of his property as a just punishment 

 to him for his cruelty. The gentleman who 

 related this story was a witness to the bees 

 robbing the mill. 



PARTICULAR INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN ANTS. 



Mr. Campbell, in his Travels in South America, 

 relates the following remarkable story : 



" * Go to the Ant, thou sluggard/ viz. for 

 instruction and reproof: and the more frequently 

 I do so, the more I admire the wisdom that 

 taught him to select this insect as a pattern of 

 activity ; for, of all the creatures God has 

 placed on our globe, this seems to be the most 

 * active and industrious. All their nests that I 

 "N have watched, exhibited the utmost activity. 



Every one appears in such haste to accomplish 

 his object, that they resemble the inhabitants 

 of a city when on fire in all quarters ; and this 

 activity is not confined to particular nests or 

 particular times of the day, but is an universal 



