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wishes to know the secrets of Hyi)tiotes' daily life must be content to bear 

 patiently many disappointments, endure many discomforts, and attend, 

 through days of tedious waiting, with unruffled temper and unflagging 

 zeal, upon the slow unfolding of the record. The spider is one to be looked 

 after, not stumbled upon; its form is so inconspicuous, and its home in 

 such obscure sites, that the naturalist will need to seek for it. No doubt 

 much yet remains to learn of its behavior ; its cocooning habit, for exam- 

 ple, is wholly unknown, and the cocoon which Professor Wilder supposes 

 to be hers is by no means well identified. The little mother has persist- 

 ently denied me, in spite of numerous endeavors, the pleasure of settling 

 this question. I cordially wish some of my readers better success in unrav- 

 eling this and other unwound threads of the Triangle spider's life. 



