Of ANT S. 85 
after, was either the extracted Juices of Fruit and 
Infers, or the Infefts themfelves. They will alfo, 
with Eagernefs, attack a Pot of Honey, Jar of 
Sweetmeats, or any pleafant Liquid that falls* in 
their Way. In purfuit of fuch Aliment the bufy 
Multitude fpares neither Time nor Trouble, Somt 
you may fee going out in fearch, others returning 
Home loaded with an Infedl, or diftended with 
necbireous Juice. The former they carry in their 
double Saws ; the other in their Bodies, where, 
as in Bees, are Receptacles fit to contain it. But 
I never obfervedany of them return with a Wheat 
Corn, or other vegetable Seed, which I think 
could not have happened, if they at all delighted 
in fuch Kind of Provifions. 
8 To improve thefe Obfervations, I made ufe of 
the following Experiment. Having depofited feveral 
Colonies in Flower-Pots as above, 1 placed them 
in fome Earthen Pans full of Water. By this Li¬ 
mitation they could not venture abroad without 
Danger of being drowned. When they had been 
accuftomed fome Days to this Xmprifonment, I 
faftned fmall Threads to the upper Parts of the 
Flower-Pots, and extending them over the Water- 
Pans, fixed them to the Ground. The fagacious 
Ants foon became acquainted with the Contri- 
G 3 vance* 
