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or any other Figure, would too far feparate them 
from one another, and confequently not fo well 
Anfwer that warm and clofe Pofition in which 
they choofe to unite* As the Eggs are very fmall, 
and the Young are of different Sizes, the fame Va¬ 
riation is neceffary in refpedft of their Cells* We 
find accordingly fome of them more fpacious than 
others. And that they may be no Ways prejudi¬ 
cial, they are all well polifhed. 
There are two Particulars which moft Virtuofi 
mention with Regard to the Apartments of Ants. 
Their f Incruftation ; and that fome of them are 
defigned for Magazines or Granaries for Corn. 
The latter will be confidered when we treat of their 
Provifions. As to the former I cannot by the 
moft careful Gbfervation di (cover any Com pofition 
in the Structures of Englifh Ants. The Cells are 
formed in the Mold itfelf, whether Sand or Clay, 
without any Addition of Glew, Straw, or other 
Materials. But that it may be otherwife in hotter 
Climates, where the Sand is more apt to crumble, 
and a fupply of Moifture often wanting, is not at 
all improbable, nor out of the Limits of their 
Reafon. 
f Nature Difplayed, Vol, I. Dial. 8 . 
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