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CONVERSATION I.
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
CONVERSATION IX.
A Story about a Philosopher and his Kite; and about Ants that
have Awls, and build Cities, and Stairs, and Bridges, and many
other Things 104
CONVERSATION X.
More about the white Ants 120
CONVERSATION XI.
About some other Ants that are very good Masons, and build Walls
and Ceilings; and a Story about a very sensible Ant which seemed
to think a little 129
CONVERSATION XII.
About Ants that go to War, and fight Battles; and about some that
are Thieves, and have Slaves 138
CONVERSATION XIII.
A Voyage; and an Animal that makes itself into a Ship; and of an
Insect that builds a Boat, and floats about in a Canoe; and of
another that pumps Water, and wears a Mask; and of a Spider that
builds a Raft, and floats upon it 151
CONVERSATION XIV.
About an Insect with Tweezers, and another with Pincers; and how
a Fly's Foot is made, so as to stick to the Wall 167
CONVERSATION XV.
How Hats are made; and about Animals that can make Felt
like the Hatter 181
CONVERSATION XVI.
About Birds that are Weavers, and the Politician Bird; a
Story about some Philosophers; and what may be learned
from these Conversations 202