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tude of throwing out its thread for the purpose of sailing 

 in the air. 



Voyagers often meet with these spiders in myriads as 

 the wind sweeps them from the land. 



Fio. 111. YOUNG SPIDER GREATLY ENLARGED, SHOWING ITS ATTITUDE IN THROWING OTTT THE 

 THREAD, PREVIOUS TO RISING FROM THE GROUND. (Copied from a Figure by J. II. Emerton. ) 



108. The spider also constructs cases to hold her eggs, and 

 lines them warmly with the finest web. These nests vary 

 greatly in appearance. A very common variety, somewhat 

 oval in shape, may be found suspended in barns and sheds. 

 The pupils should collect and open these cases or nests, and 

 they will be found to contain little eggs, sometimes rolling 

 out like beads into the hand, or, the eggs having hatched, 

 hundreds of little spiders will appear moving within the nest. 



Nests, or, more properly speaking, egg-cases of different 

 kinds, may be collected under stones and logs, and wherever 

 spiders' nests occur. The little spiders hatching from the egg 



