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has given them their Charge, is careffed with the 
hisheft Marks of Honour and Efteem. As there 
are always a Number of Lodgments void of Eggs, 
but full of Ants, (he is never at a lofs for an 
agreeable Settlement and fubmiffive Retinue; and 
by the Time fhe has gone round the Colony in 
this Manner, the Eggs fhe firft laid arc brought 
to Perfection, and her old Attendants are glad to 
admit her again. 
It may however be noted, that although in the 
above Experiment there often grows a Coolnefs 
between the Queen and her Attendants, yet they 
do not always forfake one another. Upon con¬ 
fining a Queen and her Retinue I have often 
known them unite together in the fame Lodgment 
after the Queen has depofited her Young. The 
Common Ants, on this Occafion feem to divide 
therr Care, and are at a Lofs which to defend. If 
you give them a great deal of Difturbance, fome 
will run to the Protection of their Queen, but 
they generally exprefs mod Affection for the 
Eggs. ' ; 
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From this Limitation of her Sovereignty it part¬ 
ly happens, that if you remove a Queen Ant from 
her Colony, the reft, without taking Notice of 
her 
