86 Of ANTS. 
vance. It was communicated to the whole Society, 
and in a fnort Time the Threads were filled with 
Trains of Workers, who ran up and down with 
a furprizmg Dexterity and Swifinefs The Expe¬ 
riment anlwered my Expectation; for I could hence 
eauly difcover the Progrefs of their collecting Pro- 
vifions. Some of them might be feen climbing up 
the Threads with final! Worms, Flies, or Pieces 
of larger InfeCts. Others, and indeed the greater 
Part, were diitended with Juices ; but none ap¬ 
peared with any Sort of Grain or Seed. If a Vir- 
tuofo has an Inclination to repeat this Experiment, 
I would recommend the fmall Black Ants ; becaufe 
they are extremely aCtive, and feem well pleafed 
in this narrow Confinement. The Red and Hill 
Ants are very apt, without a great dval of Cau¬ 
tion, to remove their Quarters. The Yellow ones 
do not work fo conftantly, nor delight in Vari¬ 
ety of Aliment. It is neceflary to leave but one 
Aperture in each Flower Pot, other wife too much 
Water will foak in and drown the Colonies. 
There remains a particular Curiofity to be 
mentioned with regard to the Jet Ants, which 
not only deferves Admiration, but ftrongly tends 
to illuftrate the preceeding Obfervations, and to 
ffaow that Man is not the only Partaker of Wifi* 
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