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^gufi laft paft^are thefe. Lately (faith he ) confulting Law 
ghams Garden of Healthy I met with this paflage : Caji the flan>^ 
en of Cichoiy among an heap of AntSy and they will foon become 
as red as blond. Note^that Lafigham was not the firft^that mad# 
or publiftied this Obfervation : I find it delivered by Hiero* 
nymus Tragus Hrfi. Stirp. I. i.e. gt. Naturae miracnfum in hoc 
floreobfervare licet > fiquidem cumnlo ^ormicarum abditus^ Ca- 
ru'eum coiorem in rubrum ntntat , ac Ji terrore illarnm erubefce* 
ret, And before him, it was taken notice of by O ho hmnrfel- 
Jius^ as Johannes Bahhinns obferves. 1 prefenily got fome Ci- 
chory liowers, and made the Experiment, and find it to be 
true what he faith^ only he takes no notice of the maonerjhow 
the flowers come to beftaind; which therefore take asfol- 
lowes. Bare an Ant hill with a ftick, and then caft the flow- 
ers upon itj and you fhall fee the Ants creep very thick o- 
ver them. Now as they creep^ they let fall a drop of liquor 
from ihcm, and where that chanceth to light , there you (hall 
have in a moment a large red ftain. Sometimes they will bea 
pretty while before they difcolour them, and at other times 
they will do it fuddenly. At the firft I gueflTcd, that being vext 
by ftirring their hill ^ they might thruft their ftings into the 
Sowers, and thorow them convey that (harp liquor : But by 
bruifing them, and rubbing the exprefled juyce againft the 
Sowersj I find they will be equally ftained. Tis a thing well 
fcnown^ that Ants, if they get into peoples clothes, and lb to 
f heirskioj will caufe a (mart and tingling, as if they were net- 
led 5 which I conceive is done by letting fall the fore- mentio- 
ned corrofive liquor, rather than by ftinging. 
To what fort of liquor to refer this Juyce, 1 know not. I 
dropt spirit of Salt^ and Oyl of Sulphur upon the Flowers, but 
they did not caufe them to change colour. * I 
^^ftf ^"^^^ <?/ T^r^^r upon them, and 
|fr^r 0/ t ts ^j.^pj. 2 spirit of Salt , which cab- 
led a fufficient fermentation , but prevailed not 
to change the colour of the flowers in the leaft. 
This Obfervation holds true not only in Cichorji^omrs^zv^A^ 
Ifuppofe, all others of a Blevp colour. It were worth the while 
to tryjVVhether that Qiarp liquor, which Mr^ Hoo^ faith is in 
the ftings of Bces^ if it may be got out by thrufting them into 
the 
