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INSECT AEROX.UTS. 



"Son u<MMl ren some oil cause of thuuder, 

 On ebb and flood, ou gossamer and mist, 

 And ou all things, till that the cause is wist. " 



THE weather is dry, warm, and still, vet without a irleam of 



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sunshine, a combination of winter gloom with almost summer 

 mildnt Gossamer is floating or falling slowly through the 

 air, numerous spiders are hanging,, motionless, head downwards, 

 in the centre of their geometric webs, lying in wait for prey, 

 while others, restlessly ascending blades of grass or rail-posts, 

 are inwardly invoking, we suspect, the presence of some gentle 

 air, to assist them in shooting: their lines, those threads of 



