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ing the claws. Of course, under these circumstances 
we could not watch the ants. I examined the nest, 
however, every half hour very carefully, and am satisfied 
that there was no fighting. The next morning there 
was no dead ant; nor was there a death in the nest for 
more than a fortnight. 
December 21.—Marked three more in the same 
manner, and put them in at 11.15 a.m. Looked at 
the usual intervals, but saw no fighting. The next 
morning there was no dead one outside the nest; but 
I subsequently found one of these ants outside, and 
nearly dead. Iam, however, disposed to think that I 
had accidentally injured this ant. 
December 23.—Painted three, and put them in at 10 
aM. At 11 they were allright, 12 ditto, 1 ditto, 2 ditto, 
3 ditto, 4 ditto, 5 ditto. At 3 I put in three strangers 
for comparison : two of them were soon attacked ; the 
other hid herself in a corner; but all three were 
eventually dragged out of the nest. I found no other 
dead ant outside the nest for some days. 
December 29.—Painted three more, and put them 
in at 10.30 a.m. At 11 they were all right, 12 ditto, 1 
ditto, 2 ditto. During the afternoon they were once or 
twice attacked for a minute or two, but the ants seemed 
soon to perceive the mistake, and let them go again. 
The next morning I found one dead ant, but had 
no reason to suppose that she was one of the above 
three. The following morning there was again only 
one dead ant outside the nest; she was the third of the 
