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[ Don Felix Azara (vol. i. p. 175), mentioning a hymenopterous insect, probably of the same genus, says he saw it dragging a dead spider through tall grass, in a straight line to its nest, which was one hundred and sixty-three paces distant. He adds that the wasp, in order to find the road, every now and then made "demi-tours d'environ trois palmes.">[
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[ Azara's Voyage, vol. i. p. 213]
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[ Hearne's Journey, p. 383.]
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[ Maclaren, art. "America," Encyclop. Brittann.]
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[ Azara says, "Je crois que la quantite annuelle des pluies est, dans toutes ces contrees, plus considerable qu'en Espagne."—Vol. i. p. 36.]