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Of ANT S. 
As this feries of Experiments induced me to 
believe that none of our Ants have Granaries? 
or lay up Food .againft Winter, for a more evi¬ 
dent Information I depofited feveral Lodgments of 
fmall Black, common Yellow, and Red Ants, 
with their refpective Queens, under Glaffes, with- 
but any Sort of Aliment but Water. They con¬ 
tinued in this Confinement from October to Spring, 
and difcovered no Symptoms of Variation from 
others that refided in their proper Colonies. It is 
neceflary to give them a frequent Supply of Moif- 
ture, or they foon loofe their Spirits and decay. If 
you deny them Water for fome Time, and then 
drop a little into their Apartments, they will im¬ 
mediately ifurround and drink it with particular 
Expreffions of Pleafure. I have preferved Ants in 
this Manner almoft two Years, and never found 
any Alteration in their Appearance, or a Necef- 
fity of other Suftenance. 
From repeated Succeis in thefe Experiments it 
feems highly probable, that Englifo Ants have no 
Magazines for Corn, or require any other Food 
in the W inter than Water. In Excefs of Cold 
they lie half benumbed, and at other Times are 
contented to regale thetnfelves with the common 
o Moifture 
