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Rh or any other Figure, would too far eparate them from one another, and conequently not o well Anwer that warm and cloe Poition in which they chooe to unite. As the Eggs are very mall, and the Young are of different Sizes, the ame Variation is neceary in repect to their Cells. We find accordingly ome of them more pacious than others. And that they may be no Ways prejudicial, they are all well polihed.

There are two Particulars which mot Virtuoi mention with Regard to the Apartments of Ants. Their Incrutation; and that ome of them are deigned for Magazines or Granaries for Corn. The latter will be conidered when we treat of their Proviions. As to the former I cannot by the mot careful Observation dicover any Compoition in the Structures of Englih Ants. The Cells are formed in the Mold itelf, whether Sand or Clay, without any Addition of Glew, Straw, or other Materials. But that it may otherwie in hotter Climates, where the Sand is more apt to crumble, and a upply of Moiture often wanting, is not at all improbable, nor out of the Limits of their Reaon. The