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 a hole 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 



