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fwell the Account of the Ants Labours, and highly 
juftify the extraordinary Defcriptions given of 
them by Variety of * Authors* 
The Manner of their Feeding the Worrns^ 
and Diversity of Aliment, is worth Obfervation. 
The Juices of moft Sorts of Fruits and Infe£fc* 
with Honey, or any other delicious Liquid, are 
the Repaft wherewith they choofe to nurture them* 
Thefe Juides the common Ants extract, and firft 
convey into their own Alvus, and afterwards in- 
fufe them into the Bodies of the Vermides* 
This Aliment, in all likelihood, undergoes feme 
Refinement in the Repofitories of the Ants, and 
being there meliorated, is properly tempered for 
the delicate Struflure of the Worms, 
The difmantling of the Nymphs is alfo an ad*» 
ditional Talk in reference to the W orkers. This @ 
indeed, is not a continued Scene 5 but, whilfl it 
laus, makes not a little Part of their Labours. Th« 
Tifliies are ftrong, and Aurelia’s numerous ; 
wherefore a confiderable Time, at Intervals, and 
a great deal of Trouble are employed in the Dif- 
feftion. The peculiar Method and Periods of thefe 
Difrobements have been intimated in feme pre~ 
seeding Paragraphs. 
■f Virgil\ Horace, Pliny , 
