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every funfhiny Day, and place them in the 
Heat. Every one of them brings in her 
Mouth a Particle of this Earth, lays it by 
the Hole, and then goes to fetch another 
fo that in a Quarter of an Hour a vail Num¬ 
ber of fuch fmall Particles of dried Earth 
are heaped round the Hole. Their Corn is 
laid upon this Earth when under Ground, 
and covered with the fame. When thefe 
Particles of Earth are brought out, they fetch 
out their Corn likewife, and place it round 
this Earth, making two Heaps about the 
Hole, one of dry Particles of Earth, and 
the other of Grains of Corn. Lad: of all, 
they fetch out the Remainder of their dry 
Earth whereon the Corn was laid. They ne¬ 
ver go about this Work unlefs the Weather 
be clear, and the Sun very hot ; but when 
both are favourable, they perform it almoffc 
every Day. 
The Author of this Account had found a 
Neff of Ants in a Box of Earth ifanding out 
from a Window two Stories high ; whence 
they made Excurfions both upwards to the 
Top of the Houfe, where fome Corn lay in 
a Garret ; and downwards into a Garden, 
which the Window overlooked. The Situ¬ 
ation of this Ned: obliged them to go up or 
down a great Way before they could poffibly 
meet with any thing ; but he found, not- 
withfianding, that none of them ever re¬ 
turned empty, but every one brought a Grain 
