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coaxed her round the tapes. She went into the nest, 

 deposited her larva, and immediately came out again. 

 I put her back on the larvae at 7.15 ; she took one, and 

 again tried haxd, but ineffectually, to reach down. I 

 therefore again coaxed her round. She went into the 

 nest, deposited her larva, and came out again directly 

 as before. I put her back on the larvae at 7.35, when 

 the same thing happened again. She got back to the 

 nest at 7.40, and immediately came out again. This 

 time she found her way round the string, with some 

 help from me, and reached the larvae at 7.50. I helped 

 her home for the last time. The next journey she 

 found her way without assistance, and reached the 

 larvae at 8.26. After this she returned as follows, 

 viz. : 



At 8.50 

 9. 

 9.10 

 9.17 

 9.28 



I now made the length of the journey round the 

 tapes 10 feet. This puzzled her a little at first. 

 She returned as follows : 



9.41 I 10.35 



9.55 10.44 



10. 8 

 10.16 

 10.26 



10.54 

 11. 6 



11. 14 with a friend 



