g 4 ■ Of ANTS. 
on their Operations as in other Settlements.They 
formed Apartments ; nouriflied the Young* and 
brought them to Perfection. The Queens depofited 
their Eggs, and the Workers exerted their ufual 
Care. From whence it is to be prefumed, they 
ftiould have laid up Provifions, had it been their 
Cuftom ; for it is remarkable of moft InfeCts, that^ 
if duly taken care of, they will, under proper 
Confinement, carry on their various Employments* 
and no ways deviate from their ordinary InftinCL 
In Qffober and November I carefully examined 
fome of thefe Flower Pots, by gradually removing 
the Earth, and fearching the Lodgments $ but 
there was no Appearance of Magazines, Corn, 
or any Sort of collected Food* 
As thefe Experiments gave me room to fufpeCt 
our Ants have no Store-houfes, for a fuller Con¬ 
viction I frequently obferved their Excurfions 
from, and Returns to the Colonies | and hence I 
could, with equal Pleafure, difcern their inimitable 
Pains in queft of Provifions, and the different 
Sorts they brought Home. In the Spring and Sum¬ 
mer Months Opportunities are feldom wanting for 
thefe Qbfervations* Every Interval of fineWeather 
is employed in collecting Suftenance for themfelves 
and Young. The moft ufual Forage they fought 
after 
