IV. An AbJlraEl of the Rev. Mr. Gould’* 
Account of Englifh Ants ; in a better from 
the Rev. Henry Miles, D. D, and F. R. S, 
to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. 
Perufal of which has entertained and inftru&ed me 
not a little s and as the very induflrious Author has 
made more Obfervations than any other Perfon 
amongft us appears to have done, and has difcover’d 
feveral curious Particulars not mention’d by other 
Writers on the Subject, I thought you would not be 
difpleafed to fee a brief Account of the Performance, 
with a few Remarks and Emendations I have taken 
the Liberty to make. 
The Book is intituled, “ An Account <?/Englifh 
Ant si’ which contains, i. Their different Species 
and Mecbanifm ; 2. Their Manner of Government, 
and a Defcription of their feveral Queens: 3. The 
Produ&ion of their Eggs, and Procefs of the Young : 
4.. The inceffant Labours of the Workers, or com- 
mon Ants; with many other Curiofities obfervable 
in thefe furprifing Infefts : By the Rev. Wm. Gould * 
A- M. of Exeter-College , Oxon. London: Printed 
for A. Millar , oppofite Katherine-Street in the 
Strand, Mdccxlvii. in large 12 mo. 
CHAP. I. Contains a Defcription of Ants in general, 
their various Sorts, Colour, and Stru&ure of their 
Parts, 
HERE fend you a fhort Abftract of an in- 
genious Treatife on English Ants, the 
