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observed in any garden. They generally choose 

 for their web a window-frame or fence, or some 

 such open wooden structure, where there is a 

 hole or crack in which they can hide in the 

 daytime. 



Fig. 27. 



The spider begins by spinning a line across 

 where the web is to be, and attaches another 

 to it near the middle. She carries the last line 



