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30 This manner of Oeconomy or Government amongt the Ants may be eteemed a particular Intance of divine Widom. Had the common Workers been of either Sex, it mut have given a great deal of Interruption to their Labours, and have often interfered with the Aiduity required in Breeding up the young Offspring. At the ame Time there is uch a trong expreive Affection imprinted on them towards the Eggs, as cannot but hew it to be the Reult of a uperior Goodnes. Had the Queens been more numerous, it would have engaged too large a Circle of Attendants; had they been les, or equal with Regard to Size, it would not o well have anwered the different Proportions of Young obervable in the everal Colonies. So exact are the Wonders of Providence! in nothing uperfluous or deficient.