74 Of ANTS. 
their Strength, or diminifh their AfFeftion. In 
the fecond Year thefe Vermicles, through all their 
ftrange Metamorphofes, become the chief Em» 
ployment of the Colony. The Workers are now, 
almoft without Remiffion, engaged in fupplying 
their Exigencies, and forwarding their Growth. 
It is no lefs wonderful than curious to obferve 
the bufy Cares of thefe little but important Crea* 
lures. We may diftinguifh their Engagements, 
with reference to the Young, into three Particu¬ 
lars. i. The Transferring them to various Parts of 
.the Colony. 2 . Giving them proper Suflenance. 
3 * And difmantling the Nymphs. Each of which 
Offices they perform with equal Affiduity, Con- 
ftancy, and Exactnefs. The firft returns every 
Morning and Evening, or more often, by Reafon 
of the Alteration of Weather. The fecond conti¬ 
nues all the Summer. The laft attends the Change 
from Aurelia’s to Ants. It is remarkable, that 
every Day, towards the Cool of the Evening, 
the Workers carryall theirYoung, whether Eggs, 
Vermicles, Nymphs, or tender Ants, into Cells 
remoter from the Surface ; and every Morning 
nearer to it. What alfo may increafe our Admi¬ 
ration, is to obferve, that in this Tranfadion they 
regularly follow the Riftng and Setting of the Sun, 
Thus when it rifes and fets at Seven or later, 
they 
