C 35* ] 
GHAP. II. Treats of their Colonies, Cells, fyc'. 
Here our Author obferves, that tho' they unite in 
Colonies, in fuch Places and Situations as are in oft 
agreeable to their different Natures, &c. yet their 
Refidence is nor fo limited as to admit no Variation; 
however J tis worth obferving, that the feveral Spe- 
cies never fo intermix, as to aflociate and breed to- 
gether, tho' they will live near and good Neighbours 
one to another. 
Their Architecture, he fays, is adjufted with remark- 
able Curiofity and Arr, the whole Structure being di- 
vided into a Number and Variety of Cells, communi- 
cating all of them with one another by little fubterra- 
neous Chanels, which are circular and fmooth 5 but 
as for the Incruftation, moft Virtuoji have mention'd, 
in the Apartments of Ants, our ingenious Author 
obferves, that after the moft careful Obfervation he 
could never find any Compofition in their Structures 5 
the Cells being formed in the Mold itfelf, without 
any Addition of Glew, Straws, He acknow- 
leges it may be otherwife in hotter Climates, where 
Sand is more apt to crumble. 
Their Works, as -he informs us, are all carried om 
by the Affiftance of their double Saws, and the Hooks ^ 
which are placed at the Extremity of them, deferibed 
by him in the preceding Chapter. The Procefs and * 
Manner of their Work may eafily be obferved, he 
fays, if you depofit fome Ants, with a Lump of moift 
Earth under a Glafs, 
CHAP. III. Treats of their Government 5 deferibes their r 
feveral Queens ; the RefpeCt fhewn tjiem by the 
common Ants, 
Zz% jftA 
