, 1873-04-27
PERIODICAL LITERATURE.
Instinct in Insects---Prof. Tyn-
dall's Deed of Trust.
Causes Which Create Scientific Men,
True and False Science. ':-.

!: Wtertz, the Belgian Painter
Life Under the Ocean
Wave---Japan.
POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
:. In the course Of IN able paper by Goorg
Pouehet on
''1TgrNcr N HsEcTs,"
,xrans.ated By 4. B. Marlborough from the Rertt
: hes De,;z Mondes, this eketch is given OF the
patient, delicate, and wonderful habits OF ooser-
; walton of Peter Huber, the son OF Francis HUBER,
! |Hho, although Blind, performed the marvel OF
+, making youderful discoveries Is to things taK-
. An1 nlace in the inner darkness OF beehiyes.
; aAftar describing the wonderful instincts with
: which the ants set abou. the repair and keeping
: In order Of the ant-hill, inside and without,
+nar1yipg Of useful materials, pursuing plautIce,
md gathering stores Of all kinds, it says that,
5nssuredly these instincts alone are very wonder
zu1: but there remains still another to be spoken
1t, peculiarly conferred On certain species, and
tFhici is irdisputab1y the highest Of all those
Ne know among animals:
4 Peter Huber discovered 1t the afternoon Of tho
l7th of june 1904. Tbs date is = memorable for
biology. He walking in the environs Of Geneva,
between and O'Clock in tbs eEening, when he saw
regiment OF great red ants crossing the road They
anches, and n column eight ten feet long. Huber
oo~d ths 9sisa =; a.sR addge Th H. Sieh
s1my, get it did no. disbsnd; It had its OBJ
ject, ind reached it. This was the nest Of another
the grass twenty steps from the hedge A few black
shray scattered about ths hdll as soon as
1hess ereeysa he hey dsts npqa n the
&he niarm. The beseged ants out in body. Ihe
sza.ants dash upon Them, and after very shnt but
70 tha b5tem of beir hojes ono corps psesses
ter them into the galleries. while other groups labor
IL s htersi % paFts Of tie hi Tey succeed snd the
Ec.natnder OF ths troop makes is way into the be-
posed they were saugherng each other in the depths
:af the caverns Nhnt bis atnAzement, after three
hurriedy forth again. each holding between It's
fibles la1va .: nymphs OF the conquered % tribe
i0oa saasy The r9.d Ia ssand ~
frossed the road at the same plAce, and made their
Esy, still loaded With their prey, towarde field Of
respecting anothers property refrained, with regret
sfron following them.
pzse9 inaprea Huber WtS an Armament easy to un-
herst4nd. He examined and discovered to hs great
1uEp1se hat ZONE sns n we1e Inhabited @ ana N CON-
1esignates Of these by The Of amazon or le
on.5y ants name strongly susgesttRg thsf 1 1nar-
justly, saa'1tiisrtes:' Tne aInazonz do not
Eorf; their duty Is fighting end carrying
pn the nynpha, and ia1sR They ehoo9e t ths
Fheaeyer tho wsshss is inc the5 sally Out thu, and
part, employed In al the Internal duties, and In
ttepins up md repazing the dwelling. They aione
sn aaa md he heg aon. IN ths
5pseies % OBJ Observed 1s by i: Iaberj 60 After pro.
aisions, for they feed the whole establish IL
Fcrsys; they rear with equal the laryn Of tho
esionardea and thosa that are stolen they alone in
to1nunity, the requisite enlargementa The need Of
amgr2ou, and the placa suitable for it. Peter Huber
s e ns Rs
fhose fierce wsrriozs do not understand any house;
bold work. Huber put thirty amazons into . glazed
}ain number Of larrm and Of nymphe, both Of their
pwn Kind and Of the auxiliary species. little
honey in provided for the support Of the
toloay. At first, the a1nazons seemed to Pay some 1T
lention to the Arrn, carving them nbout here and
here, bat they soon let them: They did pot know
aow to proFde themselves with food. At the end OF
o days some had already died Of hunger close along
nde the honey-dsops. " LII Mefe langushns, nad
.xas sorry for thom," says Huber. He
but An auxiliary into the drawer. Thus SOL
t;athered into it. released several nynphn q
both dnda that were fsaoy 70 tease @ the aau a.
As Bayed the lives Of those among tno a1nazons toAt
' PeIer aaa Huber refrans from any comments In
lescr1btng all these wonders he Leaves each
M - IN ae says Tbs o's ,a,cnsa IL
ible: We do, then, find among animals artificial
etes' communities ot beings Strangers n IN nc, yet
'nd fhs;F different qualified md their individual
1zoEts Ihe hire Is always one family only mixed
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.Alacf-o71y or 1nason ant whicharer !. 1thin +her
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.tnde opuie4so , og.n sseloess UI Iasse may os
nne or Two snectes of .nI1a7es sonae atnr.1ts. mrs
LAWN among others, GIL these frankly "Rl8Te-hold
p, and the others Slaves" These names are un-
sair. Nc must guard against any mistake AZ to tbs
le1y peculiar nature OF tho relations existing between
The two castles. Each fa special part in the commit
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