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Of ANTS. 
meat of this Animal. It may be proper, before a mL 
nute Examination of thefe Parts, to mention how 
many Sorts of Ants have fallen under my Notice? 
and wherein they differ to outward Appearance, 
Five Species of Ants have occurred to my Ob- 
fervation ; all which have to the naked Eye, with¬ 
out the Affiftance of a Glafs, fome confiderable 
Difference, either in refpeCf of Colour or Size® 
They will eafily be diftinguifhed, if we range 
them under the following Characters. 
1. The Hill Ant* 
2. The Jet Ant. 
3. The Red Ant, 
4. The common Yellow Ant, 
5. The fmall Black Ant 
The * Hill Ants I fo denominate from their 
ufual Place of Refidence, the funny Banks or Sides 
* They are alfo called Horfe Ants, or Hippomyr® 
maces, from iW 0 $ (an Horfe) and an Ant, pro- 
"bably on Account of their being fuperior in Size to the 
other Species. Thus we fay Horfe Plums, Horfe Mint* 
Horfe Chefnut, Horfe Laugh. Which way of Expref- 
Iron is derived from the Greeks among!! whom the 
word *Wo$, (Horfe) was often prefixed to denote Great- 
nefs or Strength. As in ItctioXocttu^ov, lirnroykojcrarW) 
IwTTofjLagxijgQv t t7T7rocri?<ivQVt to which may be added Umo- 
a great Connoilieur. 
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