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lallhis friends of this booty; who come in thoulands, and ten thou- 
is diown'din the adventure : thenext is not warn'd by tits exaniple, 
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A True and Exat Hiflory 
48 kept, we hang them tothe roof by topes , and tat thofe 
ropes, and the roofs over them, as alfo the ftrings of our 
Hamiocks, for which reafon we avoid them better in Hamiocks than } 
in beds. gb. 
Sometimes when we try conclufions upon thems we take the Car- 
pet off the Table, and fhake it, fothat all the Ants drop off, and rub 
dowh the legs and feet of thofe tables, (which ftood not in water)and 
having done fo : we lay onthe Carpet again, and fet upon it a 
Sallet dith, or Trencher, with fugatin it, which fome of them in the 
room will prefently fmell, and make towards 1¢ as faft a8 they can, 
which isa long journey, for he tuft begin at the foot ofthe table, and 
comie ashigh asthe iinfide of the Carpet, and fo go down to thebot- 
tomi and upof the ourfide of the Carpet, before he getsonthe table , 
and then to the fugar,which hé fmels to; arid having found it, returns 
again thefame way , without taking any for his pains, and informs 
SRO TE ese, 
farids, and im aninftant, fetch it-allaway 5 and when they are thickeft 
upon the'table, clapa large book (orany thing fit for that purpofe) 
upon them, {0 hafdas to kill all that are under it, and when you have 
done {6, take away the book, and leave themito themfelves , but a 
quarter of an hour, and whet you come again, you fliall find all} 
thofe bodies catried away. Other tryals wemiake of their Ingenuity, 
as this. Takea Pewter difh,-and fill'it halfifull of water, into which 
{puta little Gally porfill’d withSugar, and the Ants will prefently find 
'it,and'come upon the Fable 5 but when they perceive it inviron’d with 
water, they try about the brims of the difh, where the Gally pot is 
neareft, and therethe moft venturous among{t them 5 commits him- 
felf to the water, though he beconfcious how ill.a fwimnier he is, and 
ies toos and: own'd, and miany more, fo that there 
is a {miall foundation of their bodies to venture on; arid then they 
come fafterthanever, and fomakea bridge oftheir own bodies , for 
their friends to pafs on 5 neglecting their lives for the good of the | 
publique 5 for beforetheymakean end, they will make way for. the 
reft, ‘and beconie Matters of the Prize. [had a little white fugar which 
I defired to keep from them , and -was devifing which way to do it, 
ratid I: knockt a Nail in the beam of the room, and faftned to it a4 
brown thread, at the lower end of which thread, I tyed a latge thell 
otafith, which beinghollow, Eput the fagar in, and Iockt the door, 
thinking it fafe ; but whenI returned, I found three quarters of m 
fugar gone, andthe Ants in abundance, afcetiding and defcending , 
likethe Angels on facob’s Ladder, asI have feenit painted, fo that I 
found no place fafe. fromthefe more than bulie Creatures. 
— Another fort of Antsthere are, but nothing fo numerous or harni- | 
falas the other, but larger by far 5'thefe build great nefts, as big as 
Bee hives. again{t a wall,ora ttee,of Clay and Lome, fometimes within f 
doors, and in it feveral little Manfions , fuch as Bees make for theth-| 
(elves, but nothing fo curious; thefe the Cockroaches and Lizards 
‘meet withall , way-laying them near their nefts, and feed upon 
them: whichto prevent, they make from thence many and feveral f 
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