  | CONVERSATION I. | Page | | 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 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 |
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