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seemed quite at home and was almost cleaned ; the 
stranger was being dragged about, but wasalmost cleaned. 
At 12 a.m. the same thing was going on, and also at 
12:30 p.m. At 1.30 P.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 
AM. 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 ina 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 
aM. 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 am. 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 
AM. 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 
