“ But if you put Black Ants into a Bank of the Red, the Black seem to be so sensible of the strangeness of the place they are in, that there they will not meddle with the Red, but as if they were frighted, and concerned for nothing but self-preservation, run away. ”

“ Otherwise, the next Age might hardly believe, that Men pretending to Wit, Prudence, and Learning, would ever make such strange Oppositions against their own great Emolument and Accommodations: And so the Vertuous might be deprived of a fair beam of the future Glory, due to their Memories for their unchangeable Resolutions, as unconcern'd in scoffing Discourses, and standing firm as Rocks against the dashes of foaming Disputants. ”

“ I cannot pass by the Use of Ants in feeding young Pheasants and Partridges, they being the principal Food of these Birds, both Wilde and tamed, for several weeks, as is well known to all that are versed in breeding them up. ”

“ I have, to prevent mistakes, opened many of these vulgarly call'd Ants Eggs, I mean, the lesser sort, (for there are some as big as a Wheat-corn, others less then a Rye-corn) and in some I finde onely a Maggot, to appearance just such as was described before: In others, I finde a Maggot beginning to put on the shape of an Ant about the head, with two little yellowy specks where the Eyes are design'd: In others a further progress, and furnisht with every thing to compleat the shape of an Ant, but wholly transparent, the Eyes onely excepted, which are then as black as black Bugles. ”

“ All of them much fitter to beget Eternal Controversies, than to administer any satisfaction to a reasonable Understanding. These they gather up for the sweetest Posies and fairest Garlands, wherewith to adorn their Brows and Temples; and so they take their leave of Aristotle at the very Threshold. ”

“ Embrace his calm rayes, and his dis-interessed Reasonings: chuse his best Vertues, examine and weigh all his Mathematical Illustrations, descend to his particulars. And then hasten to our Christian Philosophers, and they will forth-with acquaint you with the true Works and wonderful Contrivances of the Supreme Author, and with the Discoveries, which by his indulgent Providence and his benigne Inspirations have been in former and later Ages afforded, for the benefit, and the sincerely grateful acknowledgements of humane race. ”

“ And truly, they do much oblige us, in that they are pleased by their frets, and eager contentions, and by their fruitless and obstreperous Verbosity, to make themselves a foil, to let off the Serene Lustre of the real and obliging performances of the Experimental Philosophers. ”

“ And a chief reason, why many finde it so nice a thing to breed up the said Birds, is, that either they give them too sparingly of this Food, or let them fast too long, not knowing, that as soon 'tis day-light, they will seek it for their Breakfast, and if they want it, will in a few hours be faint and weak, and, some grow so chill for want of that supply of Nourishment, that it is no easie matter to recover them. ”

“ Of which Arts as they are now improved, and still improving, I presume I need not spare to say, That they would have obliged an Alexander, or a Solomon, and I must avouch with confidence, That they would have raised Acclamations, Applauses, and Admiration of most, and have provoked them to refund full Rivers of Treasures in Just Rewards, and extraordinary Achievements. ”

“ They know all the sorts of their Young so well, that you cannot deceive them, though you may with fine Sugar, Salt, or the Crums of very white stale Bread, scatter'd in the Mould, where their first true Eggs are (as I call them) be mistaken your self, yet the Ants will not, nor touch a bit of what is not their own Off-spring. ”

“ Spawn of theirs; and after a little time, every one of these small adherances is turn'd into a little Vermicle, as small as a Mite, hardly discerned to stir, but after a few days more, you may perceive a feeble motion of flexion and extension, and they begin to look yellowish and hairy, shaped very like a small Maggot; and so, keeping that shape, grow almost as big as an Ant, and have every one a black spot on them.
5. Then they get a Film over them, whitish, and of an Oval shape, for which reason I suppose they are commonly call'd Ants Eggs, which yet (to speak properly) they are not. ”

“ Neither have we discouraged or refused the Essays of some famous Philosophers, learned Philologers and Antiquaries; whose Disquisitions, Readings, and Reasonings, have extended farther than their Experiences ”

“ Whether there be found about the mouth of the River of Amazons, a green Argilla, which, though very soft under water, yet, when exposed to the Air, grows almost as hard as a Diamond; in so much that the Natives make Hatchets of them, strong and sharp enough to cleave Wood ”

“ As for the Growth of Arts and Inventions, I think, it may justly be said, That these our Entries sometimes assist and promote their Improvements. And the same will hereafter remain faithful Records to shew, By what steps and degrees, and by what Essays, Emulations, and Encouragements these Noble Arts advanced to perfection. And a punctual information of these Gradual Processes, may be instructive to promote other Inventions. ”

“ And whether in the same Countrey, that kind of Eruca, call'd by the Portugals Lagartas des Verias, turns into a Bird, admirable for Colour and swift flying; the change thereof being made so leasurely, that one may for a while see half of the Insect, and the other half of the Bird, which the Natives call Guainumbi, the Portugals Pegafrel. Piso.
3. Whether upon the Leaves of that Brasilian Tree, call'd Cereiba, there is, in a Sun-shiny day, found a White Salt in that quantity, that one may gather as much from two or three Leaves, as will well salt a good pot of Broth? ”

“ The Author notes, that Emeraulds grow in stones, just as Chrystals, forming a Vein, in which they are by little and little refined and thickned: and that some of them are seen, half white and half green; others, all white; and others all green and perfect.
To Pearls he assigns in the Orient, four places, where they are fished: The Isle of Baharem in the Persian Gulf: The Coast of Arabia Felix, near the Town of Catif, over against Baharem: The Isle of Ceylon about Manar: The Isle of Japan. The best at Ceylon, but small; the biggest Japan, but uneven. ”

“ But when they have newly put on this shape, I could never discern the least motion in any one part of the little Creature, whereof the reason may perhaps be, the weakness of their Fibres; for after a little more time, when they begin to be brownish, they have strength to stir all their parts. ”

“ Architects do require some variety and store of Materials for the further satisfaction of their Judgment in the Choice: And the Sculptor must pare off somewhat of his richest Marbles, Onixes, Diamonds, &c, before he can perfect the Portraicture. ”

“ This same substance as it hath been just now described, I finde in the Ants themselves, which I take to be the true Ants Eggs; it being obvious to observation, that where ever this is uncover'd, they make it their business to carry it away in their mouths to secure it, and will after you have scatter'd it, lay it on a heap again with what speed they can. ”

“ Though these Insects be so good a Food to these Birds, whilest very young, yet when by ill ordering of those that should keep them sweet, and often shift their water, or by ill Dyet, as molly Corn, &c. they grow sick ”

“ He mentions, that the people in those parts, to find whether a Goat hath any of those Bezoar-stones in its body, do beat his belly with their hands, and rub it, till all the stones in the Animal come together, and then they feel and tell them, as you do stones in a Bag, &c. ”

“ For some evidence whereof, I refer the Reader to the particulars indicated in the Tables annexed to the Tract of February, lately past.
And because well advised Histories of Natural Productions, and of Artificial Contrivances, are necessary to beget sound knowledge, and to excite profitable Inventions, some have furnisht us with accurate Instructions, under the modest Title of Inquiries and Proposals: And further Disquisitions are by the hands of many Accomplisht Persons severally, and often with joynt endeavours in a manner universally prosecuted. ”

“ In this Relation he observes, that the Diamonds which are found at the bottom of those Rivers, have the best Water; but those, in Mines, have often Flaws (which he imputes to the violent knockings of the Rock) and Blebs, ascribed to the condition of the Earth or Sand they are found in, vid. when that is not pure, but fattish or black. He takes also notice, that Diamonds are the heaviest of precious Stones, as Gold is of Mettals.
2. The Manner, how they are found and separated; which is the same in substance, with that, described Num 18, p. ”

“ Whether about Java there be Oysters, or other Shell-fishes, of that vast bigness, as to weigh 300. pounds?
35. Whether in Malacca there grows sometimes a stone in the stomack of a kind of Porcupine, call'd Pedro Parco, esteemed for its Cordial Vertue above Bezoar?
36. Whether there be found in the head of a certain Snake, a Stone, which laid upon a wound of any Venemous Creature, sticks fast to it, and draws away all the poison; then being put in Milk, voids its poison, and turns the Milk blew ”

“ And whether, on the contrary, the Bottles being suffered to continue in the Air, as before, during the cool Sea-gales, which come in after the said hour, and continue all Night, till 8. in the Morning, to the refreshment of all Creatures, the Liquors grow hot and unfit for drink? ”

“ And though some of these Proposals have been formerly begun to be Experimented, yet ought they to be diligently prosecuted, to fee how far the Air is necessary to Vegetation; and whether Plants do indeed live as much upon the Air, as the Earth ”

“ Some Observables about Load-stones, and Sea-Compasses.
A Noble Person did upon a late occasion, affirm, That a Needle of a Sea-Compass, put in a good Iron Mine (which, he said, yeilded 23 pounds of Metal, out of a 120 pounds of Ore) was not sensibly moved thereby. ”

“ Marthe; and at Comana, and Comanagote, near the Continent; and in the South-Sea, near Panama: which American sort, though they are much inferior to the Oriental, in Lustre, yet they far excel them in bigness, amounting sometimes (saith this Author) to 42 Carats,
In this Relation 'tis mention'd, that sometimes 5. or 6. Pearls are found in one Oyster: That Pearl-fishers are fed with dry and roasted meat, to give them better breathing: That Pearl-bearing Oysters are not good to eat, being flat and hard of digestion, &c. ”

“ Provided the place be not so cold as to chill their Limbs; which if it be, by being brought to the fire they will soon recover their strength, and fall to their business again, of securing their little Ones.
11. I have observed in Summer, That in the Morning they bring up those of their Young (that are vulgarly call'd Ants Eggs) towards the top of the Bank, so that you may from Ten in the Morning, until Five or Six Afternoon, finde them near the top ”

“ An Account of the Enlargements of Philosophical Correspondencies; together with an Invitation to contribute Inquiries and Directions. Inquiries for several parts of the World, as Suratte, and the East-Indies in general; for Persia, the West-Indies and there particularly for Virginia, Bermudas, Guaiana, Brasil. Those for other Countries referred to another opportunity. Of a considerable Load-stone, digged in Devon-shire, weighing 60 pounds. Some Observables about Load-stones, and Sea-Compasses. Proposals to try the effects of the Rarifying Engin exhausted, on Plants, Seeds, Egg of Silk-worms. ”

“ Concerning Emmets or Ants, their Eggs, Production, Progress, coming to Maturity, Use, &c.
This was communicated by Doctor Edmund King, Fellow of the R. Society, at the Instance of the Publisher, as followeth.
1. There have occurr'd to my Observation but three sorts of Ants, commonly without Wings; vid. Very Black, Dark Brown, and the third sort of near the colour usually call'd Philemort.
2. Each kind inhabit by themselves in their several Banks; two sorts seldom or never being found together ”