.. . the Sugar Ants, 
effected by attacking their young. It was found that poultry, 
or other fmall flock, could be raifed with the greateft difficulty ; 
and the e}^es, nofe, and other emunctories of the bodies of 
dying or dead animals were inftantly covered with them. 
In the year 1780, many of the fugar eftates which had been 
firft infefted with thefe ants had been either abandoned, or 
p,ut into other kinds of produce, principally cotton ; which, as 
I have above obferved, do not afford conveniency for their 
qefts. In confequence, the ants had there lo much decreafed 
in number, that the cultivation of fugar had again begun to be 
re-affumed. But it was very different in thofe plantations 
which had but lately been attacked, and were ftill in fugar. 
At Duquefne, particularly, at that time they were pernicious 
in the higheft degree, fp reading themfelves on all fides with 
great rapidity, when a hidden flop was put to their progrefs 
by the hurricane which happened near the middle of October 
that year. How this was effected, I think, may be explained 
by attending to the above obfervations. 
From what has been faid it appears, that a dry fituation, fo 
as to exclude the ordinary rains from their nefts or cells, appro-* 
priated for the reception of their eggs or young brood, is abfo- 
lutely neceflary ; but that thefe fltuations, however well calcu- 
lated for the ufual weather, could not afford this protection 
from rain during the hurricane, may be eafily conceived. 
When by the violence of the tempeft heavy pieces of artil- 
lery were removed from their places, and houles and fugar- 
works levelled, with the ground, there can be no doubt that 
trees and every thing growing above ground muft have grea li y 
fuffered. This was the cafe. Great numbers of trees and 
plants (which ref ft commonly the ordinary winds) were torn 
out by the root. The canes were univerfally either lodged or 
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