"Not half so cunning, boys, as the one we talked of which built a door to its house. But here we are at land. Jump ashore, my lads, and give my respects to your fathers and mothers, when you get home." "We will. Good day, Uncle Philip." "Good day, boys. I shall be glad to see you next Saturday." CONVERSATION XIV. _Uncle Philip tells the Boys about an Insect with Tweezers, and another with Pincers; and shows them how a Fly's Foot is made, so as to stick to the Wall._ "How do you do, Uncle Philip, this morning?" "Very well, boys, I thank you. You are all well, I suppose, or I should not see you here." "Yes, we are all well, thank you, Uncle Philip. But one of us would be very glad to have your help." "Why, what is the matter?" "Charles Walker has run a splinter into his hand, and he wishes you to get it out for him." "Oh, certainly, I will do that, if I can. Let me see: but stay--I must first put on my spectacles. Ah, now I see it; I can get it out, but I must take my tweezers to it. There, it is out." "Uncle Philip, those tweezers are very useful. If you had not had them, you could not have taken hold of the splinter with your fingers; and what would you have done then?" "Tried to cut it out with the point of my penknife; but the tweezers are better for such work; and that reminds me, boys, to tell you that there are insects with tweezers." "Why, what tool is it that you cannot find among them, Uncle Philip? It really seems as if you found almost every kind among the lower animals." "Oh, no--no, boys. There are a great many which I cannot find; but there are several, too, which, as you know, we have discovered." "And, Uncle Philip, we suppose that men learned to make their tools and work at many of their trades from these dumb creatures."