Of ANT S. Id 
and f Oil which are of confiderable Service in the 
Art of Phyfick.Their J Eggs, or rather, I prefume 
their Nymphs, are likewife ferved up in Prefcripti- 
ons, and efteemed beneficial in fome Diforders. 
Thus nothing can efcape the penetrating Eye ot 
them whole honourable Profeflion it is to heal 
the Sick, and ftudy the Health of Mankind* 
Foreign Authors delcribe fome particular Ene¬ 
mies, none of which, as far as I can obferve, 
ever infeft our Englijh Settlements. Abundance 
of Creatures delight in this Food, but in all Ap¬ 
pearance they are fecure from the Stratagems of 
the * Ant Bear, || Lion Pifmire, or other fagacious 
Infe£l* 
f Oil of it by Infufion good for the Gout and Palfy, 
James s Med . Did, Vol. 2. 
J OvaFormicarum are efFedual again!! Deafnefs, 
James's Med. Did. Vol. 2. 
* The Tamandua or Ant Bear, ( as Jvfr. Ray ac¬ 
quaints us) hath a Tongue like a Lute String, and in 
fome is more than two Foot long, and therefore lies 
doubled in a Channel between the lower Parts of the 
Cheeks. When hungry, they thruft forth this Tongue 
being well moiftned, and lay upon theTrunk of Trees, 
and when it is covered with Ants fuddenly draw It 
back into their Mouths. If the Ants lie deep in the 
H 3 Ground, 
