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the same way on the following morning, but at an earlier hour, when only a 
few comers and goers were to be seen near the nest.” And soon leaving 
the place, I had no further opportunity to attend to them. 
And now haying conducted you through every apartment of the formi- 
cary, and shown you its inhabitants in every light, I shall leave you to 
meditate on the extraordinary instincts with which their Creator has 
gifted them, reserving what I have to say on the other social insects for a 
future occasion. 
Lam, &c 
