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is made in this wall, every inhabitant 

 joins in the common labour of repairing 

 the breach, which is effeded with fur- 

 prizing rapidity. As foon as one of 

 thefe habitations is difcovered, a hole is 

 immediately made in its walls, and the 

 cavity filled with arfenic, which deftroys 

 the Ants, and thereby prevents the mif- 

 chief which would other wife enfue. In 

 the woods, however, they frequently 

 inhabit large round nefts, divided into 

 a variety of cells, by thin incruftated 

 {hell-like partitions. Thefe nefls are 

 many feet in circumference, and each 

 contains millions of thefe infedts. They 

 are brought from the woodsy and broke 

 among the poultry, who devour the 

 Ants with great avidity. 



Among the Flies of Guiana, there 

 are two fpecies of Fire Flies. The 

 largeft is more than an inch in length, 

 having a very large head, conne&ed 



with 



