NATURAL HISTORY. 27 



" Why, that instinct, as you call it, Uncle 

 Philip, is a curious thing." 



" Very curious, very curious indeed, boys ; 

 and at some other time, if you wish, we will 

 talk more about it, and I will tell you a great 

 many stories of animals, which will show you 

 their instinct. But for this time I have told 

 you enough to keep you thinking until we 

 meet again. So now just look at this picture 

 of the carpenter-bee's house, and then you 

 may go home." 



CONVERSATION III. 



Uncle Philip tells the Children about Ani- 

 mals that are Tailors. 



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" UNCLE PHILIP, we are very glad to see 

 you, and we think we have found out some- 

 thing to ask you, about a kind of work which 

 men do, that no other animal can accomplish. 

 As we came along this morning to visit you, 

 and were talking of what you had told us of 

 insects that, like carpenters, could saw wood 



