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strangers put in on the 23rd, as mentioned above. Up 

 to January 23 found no other dead one. 



January 3, 1879. Painted three more, and put 

 them in at 11.30 A.M. At 12 two were all right: we 

 could not see the third ; but no ant was being attacked. 

 12 ditto. 1, all three are unmolested; 2 ditto; 5 

 ditto. As already mentioned, for some days there was 

 no dead ant brought out of the nest. 



iuary 5. Painted three more and put them in 

 at H.^OA.M. At 12 two were all right among the 

 others; I could not find the third; but no ant was 

 being attacked. 12.30 ditto, 1 ditto, 2 ditto, 4 ditto. 

 On the following morning I found two of them all 

 right among the others. There was no dead ant. 



January 13. Painted three more and put them in 

 at lL'..30. At 1 they were all right. 2 ditto. 4, two were 

 unmolested ; I could not see the third, but she was 

 not being attacked. The next morning, when I looked 

 at the nest, one was just being carried, not dragged, 

 >:it. The ant carried her about 6 incites and then put 

 her down, apparently quite unhurt. She soon returned 

 into the nest, and seemed to be quite amicably re- 

 ceived by the rest. Another one of the three also 

 seemed quite at home. The third I could not see ; but 

 np to January 23 no dead one was brought out of the 



January 19. Marked the last three of these ants, 



nnd put them into the nest at 9.30 A.M. They were 



tched continuously up to 1. At that time two of 



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