NATURAL HISTORY. 19 



CONVERSATION II. 



Uncle Philip tells the Children about Grass- 

 hoppers and Bees, that bore Holes with 

 a Gimlet. 



" WELL, Uncle Philip, here we are again, to 

 hear more about the tools that animals work 

 with ; we have seen in the bark of trees, and 

 old wooden posts, little holes as round as a 

 gimlet could make, and we have been think- 

 ing whether any of these little creatures have 

 augers and gimlets, as well as saws. Do 

 you know of any of them that can bore 

 holes?" 



" Oh yes, boys ; I know of more than one 

 that can bore as smooth and round ajiole as 

 any carpenter you ever saw. There are some 

 of the grasshoppers that have an excellent 

 gimlet. The contrivance has five pieces in 

 it ; two of the pieces make a case to keep the 

 augers in, two more are the augers or borers, 

 and the other is a piece between the two borers 



