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ANTS AND PLANT-STRUCTURE 387
among his papers till now. Spruce was very sensitive
to criticisms of his writings by persons who
had not the same knowledge that he possessed ;
but in this case I think it probable that he himself,
later on, recognised the incompleteness of the evidence.
A year and a half later he corresponded
with Mr. Hanbury on the subject, and he was
evidently seeking
for more information. I there-
fore now print his paper in full, with a few omissions
of unimportant details or digressions, giving the
passages objected to within square
brackets. It
will be seen that they involve very slight alterations,
in no way affecting the facts or observations of the
paper itself. That he intended to modify and enlarge
the paper may perhaps be concluded from the
fact that the paper cover in which the MSS. was
kept contains in pencil two alternative titles, both
less dogmatic than that on the paper itself. They
are as follows :
(:) "On Changes in the Structure of Plants
produced by the Agency
of Ants."
(2) "On Structures formed in Living Plants by
Ants, which apparently become permanent
in the Species."
The paper here follows, and I shall at the end
adduce a tew additional facts which will serve as a
partial reply to the questions put by Darwin.]