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" When we cut it, we found it intersected by innumerable winding passages, all filled with these animals, by which, however, the vegetation of the plant did not appear to have suffered any injury. We never cut one of these roots that was not inhabited,... "
An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales - Page 312
by George Barrington - 1810 - 472 pages
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 2

1775 - 674 pages
...very fmall, not more than half as big as the common red ant in England. They had ftings, but fcarcely force enough to make them felt ; they had, however, a power of tormenting us in an equal, if not a greater degree ; for the moment we handled the root, they fwarmed from innumerable holes, and running...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 4

1785 - 456 pages
...very fmall, not more than half as big as the common red ant in England. They had flings, but fcarcely force enough to make them felt; they had however a power of tormenting us in an equal, if not a greater degree; for the moment we handled the root, they fwarmed from innumerable holes, and running...
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...appear to have suffered any injury. We never cut one of these roots that was not inhabited, though somt were not bigger than a hazle nut. The animals themselves...body that were uncovered, produced a titillation more intolerable than pain, except it is increased to great violence*." THE SUGAR-ANTf. These ants, which...
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Amphibious animals

William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...injury. We never cut one of these roots that was not inhabited, though some were not bigger than a hazel nut. The animals themselves are very small, not more...swarmed from innumerable holes, and, running about those pads of the body that were uncovered, produced a titillation more intolerable than pain, except it...
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A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged ..., Issue 24

General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...intersected by innumerable winding passages, all filled with these animals, by which, however, the vegetation of the plant did not appear to have suffered...however, a power of tormenting us in an equal, if not a greater degree ; for the moment we handled the root, they swarmed from innumerable holes, and running...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...intersected by innumerable winding passages, all filled with these animals, by which, however, the vegetation of the plant did not appear to have suffered...however, a power of tormenting us in an equal, if not a greater degree; for the moment we handled the root, they swarmed from innumerable holes, and running...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels: Arranged ..., Volume 13

Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 pages
...hazle nut. The animals themselves are very small, not more than half as big as the common red ant m England. They had stings, but scarcely force enough...however, a power of tormenting us in an equal, if not a greater degree ; for the moment we bandied the root, they swarmed from innumerable holes, and running...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 4

William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...was not inhabited, though some were not bigger than a hazel nut. The animals themselves are red, and very small, not more than half as big as the common...body that were uncovered, produced a titillation more intolerable than pain, except it is increased to great violence." ^Dipterous fnsects*. OF THE OESTRI,...
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Insect Architecture..

James Rennie - 1830 - 442 pages
...never cut one of these roots that was not inhabited, though some were not bigger than a hazel-nut. The animals themselves are very small, not more than...body that were uncovered, produced a titillation more intolerable than pain, except it is increased to great violence *." The species called sugar-ants in...
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Buffon's Natural history, corrected and enlarged by J. Wright. (To which are ...

Georges Louis Le Clerc (comte de Buffon.) - 1831 - 526 pages
...was not inhabited, though some were not bigger than a hazel nut. The animals themselves are red, and very small, not more than half as big as the common...body that were uncovered, produced a titillation more intolerable than pain, except it is increased to great violence." THE BEETLE. OF the Beetle there are...
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