Of A N T 3* 7 s 
Seafon admits of great Difference, according either 
to the Number of Inhabitants, or Place of their 
Refidence. They raife them from three or four 
Inches to half a Foot or more ; and hence you 
will in June frequently meet with fuch new-erec¬ 
ted Colonies in Situations where fome time before 
there was little or no Appearance of any* The red 
Ants feem particularly to delight in forming thefe 
Edifices ; which they begin the latter End of April^ 
and perhaps not finifti until June . The Manner 
of the Procefs is not incurious. They cut out the 
Earth into fmall Parcels and * incruft them with 
the Blades of Grafs, As the Blades at this Part of 
the Year grow every Day, fo the Ants advance 
their Works in proportion. By this Contrivance 
they prefent you, in a Month or thereabouts, with 
a Number of little Mounts half a Foot high® We 
may rather compare thefe Eminences to fo many 
little Turrets or Obelisks ; for they decreafe from 
the Bafe upwards, and fometimes terminate like a 
Cone. The Ufe of thefe Structures is to promote 
the Growth of *the Vermicles, and forward the 
Metamorphofis of the Nymphs \ for you may find 
* This Incruftation is not the fame as mentioned 
cap, 2, for that refers to their fubterraneousApartments 
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