or any other Figure, would too far ſeparate them from one another, and conſequently not ſo well Anſwer that warm and cloſe Poſition in which they chooſe to unite. As the Eggs are very ſmall, and the Young are of different Sizes, the ſame Variation is neceſſary in reſpect to their Cells. We find accordingly ſome of them more ſpacious than others. And that they may be no Ways prejudicial, they are all well poliſhed.
There are two Particulars which moſt Virtuoſi mention with Regard to the Apartments of Ants. Their [1]Incruſtation; and that ſome of them are deſigned for Magazines or Granaries for Corn. The latter will be conſidered when we treat of their Proviſions. As to the former I cannot by the moſt careful Obſservation diſcover any Compoſition in the Structures of Engliſh Ants. The Cells are formed in the Mold itſelf, whether Sand or Clay, without any Addition of Glew, Straw, or other Materials. But that it may otherwiſe in hotter Climates, where the Sand is more apt to crumble, and a ſupply of Moiſture often wanting, is not at all improbable, nor out of the Limits of their Reaſon.
- ↑ Nature Diſplayed, Vol. I. Dial. 8.
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