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escaped from beneath the scale, or perhaps It supplied Mm 

 with some nectar-like secretion. 



To solve this question, I examined a Red Ant's nest, but 

 found no satisfactory result, as the Microscope revealed no 

 dejecta membra of scale insects. I next caught a few Ants 

 on their way up and down the branches of the tree, but found 

 no scale insects in their mouths; in this I was disappointed, 

 but tried another means of solving the problem. I brought 

 home a quantity of the Ants and their nest, and placed them 

 on an Oleander tree in a compound in the Fort, but after a 

 time I found that the Ants had disappeared, and the Bug was 

 as numerous as ever ; the reason of this I inferred from the 

 fact that the Oleander afforded bad leaves for their protection, 

 nor were there any more suitable trees in the same compound. 

 Since the period of this experiment, I had been so much 

 occupied with other pursuits and much engaged in active 

 Military duties, that I was not able to give the subject any 

 further attention, till about May last year, when I wrote to 

 Captain Wilkinson of New Market Estate, stating my opinion 

 of the efficiency of the Red Ant in removing Bug, and recom- 

 mending him to make the experiment, at the same time I 

 offered to send him a quantity of the Ants ; unfortunately 

 other matters were occupying his attention at the time, so 

 that he was not able to attend to my note ; however he men- 

 tioned the subject of it to several Coffee Planters in his 

 neighbourhood, and others who were staying at his house at 

 the time, who freely discussed the feasibility of the expe- 

 riment. 



Since then my attention has not been again drawn to the 

 subject, though I had looked forward to further investigations 

 at a future time, till a few days ago, when I read a statement 

 from Mr. Young, which was published in the local Prints, 

 setting forth that he had discovered an effectual remedy for 

 the Bug, which he proposed keeping secret till he should 

 receive sufficient compensation from the Coffee Planters ; 

 but in a few days after, I read the disclosure of the secret 



