Of ANTS. 
terpofition, abated, and fo duly qualifyed, as not 
either to fcorch, or leave them without a juft De¬ 
gree of Warmth. 
The common Yellow, fmall Black, and Red 
Ants, [at leaft fuch of them as inhabit Mole- 
Hills] have another Manner of difpofing their Set¬ 
tlements. They gradually loofen the Earth by cut¬ 
ting it into fmall Particles, and carrying them to 
the Surface of the Hills 3 where they place them 
together in little Parcels, and thus in a few Weeks 
vifibly heighten the Superficies. The fmall black 
Amts begin this Operation in March ? the others 
not ’till April . The yellow ones, as being the moft 
feeble and inactive of all, are, in this and many 
Circumftances, generally behind the reft. You 
may eafily perceive the Progrefs of this Employ¬ 
ment from the Increafe of the fine Rafpings of 
Earth, which appear frefh on the Surface, and 
every Day more or lefs in proportion to the De- 
snands of the Colony. By this means the Ant- 
Hills are always kept open and fpongy towards 
the Top 3 and as this Labour is repeated every 
Summer, we may eiteem it one material Reafon 
why, after fome Years ftanding, many of th e 
Hills grow to that prodigious Size as we fee in 
many Places® The Quantity of Mold caft up each 
Seafon 
