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of Wheat, Rye, or Oats, a ihaall Seed, or 
even a Particle of dry Earth, if nothing elfe 
could be got. Some travelled to the farther 
End of the Garden, and, with prodigious 
Labour, brought heavy Loads froipi thence. 
It required four Hours, as he learned by fre¬ 
quent Obfervation, to carry a pretty large 
Grain or Seed from the Middle of the Garden 
to the Ned ; and he computed therefrom, 
that an Ant works as hard as a Man who 
{hould carry a heavy Load twelve Miles a Day. 
The Pains thefe Ants took to carry Grains 
of Corn up a Wall to the fecond Story, 
climbing all the Way with their Heads 
downwards, mud be exceeding great. Their 
Wearinefs was (hewn by their frequent Stops 
at the mod convenient Places; and fome 
appeared fo fatigued and fpent, they could 
not reach their Journey’s End : in which 
Cafe, it was common to fee the dronged 
Ants , which had carried home their Load, 
come down again and help them. Sometimes 
they were fo unfortunate to fall down with 
their Burdens when jud in Sight of Home: 
but when this happened, they feldom lod 
their Corn, but carried it up again.—He 
law one, he fays, of the fmalleji Ants carry¬ 
ing a large Grain of Wheat with incredible 
1 Pains. When fhe came to the Box where 
the Ned was, fhe and her Load together 
tumbled back to the Ground. Going down 
jto look for her, he found fhe had recovered 
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