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seemed quite at home and was almost cleaned ; the 

 stranger was being dragged about, but was almost cleaned. 

 At 12 A.M. the same thing was going on, and also at 

 li'.;U) P.M. At 1.30P.M. the stranger was still being 

 pulled about ; but what struck me as remarkable, the 

 friend also had hold of one of the ants by an antenna. 

 At 2 P.M. the friend was by herself, the stranger was 

 being attacked. At 4 P.M. the friend again had hold 

 of an ant by an antenna ; the stranger was being 

 pulled about. At 5 P.M. the friend seemed quite at 

 home in the nest, the stranger was dragged out of the 

 nest. The following morning I was still able to dis- 

 tinguish the friend ; she seemed quite at home. 



August 5. Put in a stranger and a friend at 8 A.M. 

 At 8.30 A.M. both were attacked. 9 A.M. ditto, 9.30 

 A.M. ditto, 10 A.M. ditto, 11 A.M. ditto, 12.30 A.M. ditto. 



August 6. Repeated the experiment at 2 A.M. 

 Both ants hid themselves in corners. At 3.30 A.M. the 

 stranger was being attacked ; the friend was in a corner 

 by herself. At 4.30 A.M. both were attacked. 5.30 

 A.M. ditto. 



August 7. Put in a stranger and a friend at 8.30 

 A.M. At 8.45 A.M. both were being attacked. 9.30 A.M. 

 ditto, 10 A.M. ditto. 



August 8. Put in a friend at 7 A.M. At 8 A.M. 

 she seemed quite at home with the others. At 9 A.M. 

 they had almost cleaned her. At 9.30 A.M. she seemed 

 quite at home with the others. At 10 A.M. ditto. 



August 12. Put in a friend and a stranger at 7 

 P.M. Both were immediately attacked. 7.15 A.M. they 

 were being dragged about. 7.45 A.M. ditto, 8 ditto, 

 8.15 A.M. ditto. 



August 13. Put in a friend at 6.30 A.M. At 7.50 

 A.M. two attacked her. At 8 A.M. she was being 

 attacked by one ant, but another was cleaning her. 

 8.15 A.M. ditto. 8.45 A.M. Two were attacking her, 

 one dragging at her by an antenna. 9 A.M. ditto, 9.30 



