CONVERSATIONS ON 



which just means the share of wisdom which 

 God gives to the lower animals to show them 

 how to take care of themselves." 



A, represents a part of a post, tunnelled in several places by the violet 

 carpenter-bee ; the stick is split, and shows the nests and passages by 

 which they are approached. C, a piece of thin stick, pierced by the car- 

 penter-bee, and split, to show the nests. D, perspective view of one of 

 the partitions. E, carpenter-bee. F, teeth of the carpenter-bee, greatly 

 magnified ; a, the upper side ; &, lower side. 



