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to 5.15 no ant had been up any of these pins. I then put an ant 

 to the honey on one of the bits of card. She seemed to enjoy it, 

 and fed for about five minutes, when she went away. At 5.30 

 she returned, but went up six pins which had no honey on them. 

 I then put her on to the card. In the mean time twelve other 

 ants have been up wrong pins and two up to the honey ; these 

 I imprisoned for the afternoon. At 6.46 my ant went away. 

 From that time to 6 o'clock seven ants came, but not the first. 

 One of the seven went up a wrong pin, but seemed surprised, 

 came down and immediately went up the right one. The other 

 six went straight up the right pin to the honey. Up to 7 o'clock 

 twelve more ants went up pins — eight right, and four wrong. 

 At 7 two more went wrong. Then my first ant returned, bring- 

 ing three friends with her ; and they all went straight to the 

 honey. At 7.11 she went : on her way to the nest she met 

 and spoke to two ants, both of which then came straight to the 

 right pin and up it to the honey. Up to 7.20 seven more ants 

 came and climbed up pins — six right, and one wrong. At 7.22 

 my first ant came back with five friends ; at 7.30 she went 

 away again, returning at 7.45 with no less than twenty com- 

 panions. During this experiment I imprisoned every ant that 

 found her way up to the honey. Thus, while there were seven- 

 teen pins, and consequently sixteen chances to one, yet between 

 5.45 and 7.45 twenty-seven ants came, not counting those which 

 were brought by the original ant ; and out of these twenty-seven, 

 nineteen went up the right pin. Again, on the 15th July, at 2.30, 

 I put out the same piece of cork with ten pins, each with a piece 

 of card and one with honey. Ab 4.40 1 put an ant to the honey ; 

 she fed comfortably, and went away at 4.44. 



At 4.45 she returned, and at 5. 6 went away again, 

 „ 5.40 „ „ 5.56 „ 



„ 6.13 „ and again at 6.25 and 6.59. 



There were a good many other ants about, which, up to this time, 

 went up the pins indiscriminately. 



At 7.15 an ant came and went up the right pin, and another at 

 7.18. At 7.26 the first ant came back with a friend, and both 

 went up the right pin. At 7.28 another came straight to the 

 honey. 



At 7.30 one went up a wrong pin. 



„ 7.31 one came to the right pin. 



,, 7.36 „ „ with the first ant. 



