CONVERSATION V. 



Uncle Philip's Visiters learn how to make 

 Canoes of Birch-bark; and how to make 

 Birdlime ; and the Uses of Oil, and the 

 Olive-tree. Uncle Philip gives them a 

 short Lesson in Political Economy. 



" WELL, my little utilitarians, I think you 

 will be pleased with the class of trees that we 

 shall talk about this morning. But I suppose 

 you hardly know what I mean by utilitarians : 

 it is a name given to people who think a 

 great deal about the usefulness of things, and 

 who are always studying, and contriving 

 how to employ them for their best purposes. 

 So I call you utilitarians, because you seem to 

 be so fond of the useful trees." 



"And what are you going to tell us about 

 now, Uncle Philip T 



" The birches ; one of the most serviceable 

 of all the different kinds of trees that grow in 

 this country." 



