10 6 Of ANTS. 
plead its Innocence. Extracted Juices, it is cer- 
tain, are the Nourifhment Ants choofe to give 
their Vermicles, and for their Advantage they 
will venture to defpoil the delicious Apricock, 
Fig, or other lufcious Fruit. The Myrmidonian 
and Jet Settlements are particularly delighted with 
Juices, and may therefore be looked upon as Ene~ 
mies to a Garden. It muft, at the fame time, be 
allowed, by way of Apology for them, that in a 
great Meafure they attone for their Mifchief, by 
deftroying a great Quantity of blight Worms and 
other Infeds, that devour the Leaves, and by 
this means often kill many Fruit Trees, Flowers, 
and Shrubs. If to this we add the Service they are 
of in. fupplying a Number of Animals with Nur¬ 
ture, and the Sportfman with Game, we may rea- 
fonably indulge them the moderate Ufe of our 
Gardens. 
It is ufual with Farmers to make Choice of the 
colder Months to deflroy Ant-Settlements. They 
commonly manage it by digging up the Hills and 
expofing them to the Winter Air, or placing 
them together in Heaps and burning them for 
Manure. Either way feems, at firft, fufficient to 
depopulate the Fields, and anfwer the Husband- 
man’s Defign. But if we recoiled that at this Part 
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