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LETTER Xi1I

F2LICrA TO CbNsT4Ncz

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DEATh SISTER,

0 to the Ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.'Tide was the advice of the wise Solomon, and might possibly be appropriate in that part of the wdr!d where he resided; but the naturalists of later times have discovered, that, in our climate, ants do not lay up a winter store. It is supposed, by Leewenhoek, that they lie dormant, and do not cat at all in the winter; and that the provision they collect is intended as a present supply for their young, rather than for themselves,

The insects of the gdrius Formica, or Ant;
like that of the bees and wasps, are divided into
males, females, and neuters, each being desm
1incd'to similar employments. The males and
females are provided with wings, and enjoy all
the