$2 Of ANTS. 
their Strength will be found difproportionate to the 
Burthen. Their * Ligaments, Mufcles and Saws 
are indeed exceeding ftrong, and the wife Ants 
have Sagacity enough to heave or carry any thing 
in the lighteft manner. You may obferve them 
mo ft ufually to take their largeVermicles, Nymphs, 
and young Ants towards the Center of Gravity 
which by the Laws of Mechanics is the moft eafy 
and expeditious Method of removing a Body. 
However, it is not without fome Difficulty they 
manage thefe ; and as to Corn, its fpecific Weight 
is fo great that it cannot but exceed the moft 
romantic Force you will allow to any of the Yel¬ 
low or Black Colonies, 
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If we next confider the Red Ants, which are 
much larger, and by their Formation better able 
to carry any Thing of Weight, there are fome 
Circumftances which contribute to fupport what 
we have delivered. Their Settlements are finally 
and Apartments few; wherefore it is highly im¬ 
probable to fuppofe nothing of that Sort fhould 
* The famous Le^wenhoek obferves, that Ants are 
not deficient of any Part neceffiary to the Life and 
Motion of the largefl: Animals; and that the Fila¬ 
ments of their Organs refemble thofe of an Ox, 
have 
