BEHAVIOUR TO INTOXICATED FRIENDS. 117 
At 12a friend was carried to the. nest. 
12.20 a stranger was dropped into the water. 
12.34 a friend was carried to the nest. 
12.40 a stranger was dropped into the water. 
12.45 a friend was carried to the nest. 
1 astranger 5 55 
1 3 59 water 
(Stopped observing till 2.) 
2.30 a stranger was dropped into the water. 
2.30 a stranger was carried to the nest. 
4.10 by) ” ” 
4,30 a friend ss ss 
6.20 a stranger ss water. 
6.35 ” oF EPs 
Thus, then, the general results were that the ants 
removed forty-one friends and fifty-two strangers. Of 
the friends, thirty-two were carried into the nest and 
nine were thrown into the water. Of the strangers, on 
the contrary, forty-three were thrown into the water; 
only nine were taken into the nest, and seven of these 
were shortly afterwards brought out again and thrown 
away. Indeed,I fully believe that the other two were 
treated in the same manner, though we could not satisfy 
ourselves of the fact. But it way only by very close 
observation that the seven were detected, and the other 
two may well have escaped notice. 
It seems clear, therefore,,that even in a condition 
of insensibility these ants were recognised by their 
friends. 
