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Ch. 10t1
«I found two nests of» ‹In› F. sanguinea, «in
none of a ‹two
nests›» ‹of which› «&» I
watched «them» several times a day
during the latter part of April for more than a week. The larger
workers are twice as long & bulky as the smaller, & a
perfect question can be made. Both ‹[illegible] › Kinds of workers go out foraging and I saw
both brining in caterpillars & other food. I cannot confirm F.
Smiths statement about the larger ones only coming out whcn the
nest is disturbed. In the one «smaller» nest there were, ‹I think› «certainly
many» more small workers
than in the other «I have hardly a doubt
that it seems fact both with F. rufa» I can confirm F. Smith
that the little black slaves, «(of
F.)» which at this time of year were few in either nest, do
not go out foraging, «but still come out
when nest disturbed.»: they are household & not field
slaves, & therefor one may suppose of somewhat less importance
to the community. In smaller nest only 1/2 dozen black
slaves.
The slaves were of two nigert2
Scientific
Practice: note refers to a person
Physical
Characteristics: wove paper; off-white
t1 Ch. 10] added in brown crayon; perpendicular to main text t2 The slaves...niger] perpendicular to main text
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