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repeated the same with the other antenna. If I 

 touched the antenna, the ant started away, apparently 

 smarting. I repeated the same with essence of laven- 

 der, and with a second ant. The result was the same. 

 Many of my other experiments — for instance, some 

 of those recorded in the next chapter — point to the 

 same conclusion ; and, in fact, there can he no doubt 

 whatever that in ants the sense of smell is highly 

 developed. 



