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and Animals. So wifely has Providence ordered the 
feveral Ranks of Creatures, and confulted their 
f 
mutual Advantage. 
From this Ufe of Ants we may partly account 
for the Quantity of Male and Female Aurelia 9 s 
to be met with in their Settlements. Thefe, par- 
ticularly the Female Nymphs, are a great deal lar¬ 
ger than the Neutral, and fo are better proportioned 
for Aliment. They are likewife more obvious to 
the young Partridges Eye, and not fo eafily car¬ 
ried away by the Workers, or concealed by any 
Mixture with the Duft. Great Numbers, indeed* 
efcape their Enemies Searches, and transform to 
Flies. In this State they are again purfued by Va¬ 
riety of Animals, and become an agreeable Bait 
to delude the unwary Fife, and reward the Hopes 
of a patient Angler* 
It may not be improper to remark, that the 
preceeding Paragraphs relate to the commonYeSlow 
Ants, and therefore do not altogether account 
for the final Caufe or Defign of the Others. The 
fmall Black and Red Colonies are very frequently 
to be feen in the open Fields, and difpofed in the 
fame Manner as the Yellow ones, but their Agility 
and Venorn are Prefervatives againft the Ap~ 
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