The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Edward (?) Hulse, Doctor (1682 - 1759)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14122?docPos=2 Relationships: Edward (?) Hulse was a correspondent of John Ray (1627-1705)Edward (?) Hulse was a donor to John Ray (1627-1705)
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grown, they are
then hardly bigger than a good big
Flea. In Ants,
that build their Nests, with
Clay and Lome, against a
Wall or a Tree, as big as Bee-Hives, and divided into a) Hist.
of
several Cells. (
a) Of the Ingenuity of this
Insect, see divers
Relations in the same Author. (
b)
b)
merous throughout all
the feet of their Cupboards and Chests in Cisterns of Water
to preserve their Cloaths and Victuals (
c)
c)
p. 80
Of their Kinds, and Generation; as also their use for
feeding
of Pheasants and Partridges, see some Observations
in the Phil. Trans. (d) d)
KingTransact.
(e)
e)
Mr.
culars,
That the Liquor which they sometimes let
fall from
their Mouths, droping upon the blew Flowers of Cichory,
immediately gives them a large
red stain; and supposeth,
it would produce the like in other
blew Flowers. The latter,
That not only the Juyce, but also
the Distill'd Water or
Spirit of this Insect will produce the same effect, &c.
Amongst
which, Mr.
own.
The Liquor of Ants is commended by f)
f) Phar
mac.
a most excellent