CONTENTS. 



CONVERSATION L 



ABOUT a Fly that can work with a Saw and a Rasp, like 

 the Carpenter --- 13 



CONVERSATION II. 

 About Grasshoppers and Bees that bore Holes with a Gimlet 19 



CONVERSATION III. 

 About Animals that are Tailors .... 27 



CONVERSATION IV. 

 About the first Paper in the World made by Wasps -41 



CONVERSATION V. 



A Story about Tom Smith, and of Bees with Brushes and 

 Baskets, and of a Bird with a Chisel, and a Gnat with a 

 Lancet 53 



CONVERSATION VI. 



About Animals that can do Mason's Work - - - 66 



CONVERSATION VII. 



About Animals that throw Dirt with a Spade'; and about 

 an Animal with a Hook ; and about one that is a Wire- 

 drawer 80 



CONVERSATION VIII. 



About a Door, with a Hinge and Spring to it, made by a 

 Spider; and the Difference between GOD'S Work and 

 Man's 94 



