Contents 



CHAPTER FACE 



IX THE GARDEN SPIDERS: BUILDING 



THE WEB 228 



X, THE GARDEN SPIDERS : MY NEIGH- 

 BOUR ....... 248 



XI THE GARDEN SPIDERS : THE LIME- 

 SNARE 272 



xii the garden spiders : the tele- 

 graph-wire 2 82 



xiii the garden spiders: pairing 



and hunting .... 296 



xiv the garden spiders : the ques- 

 tion of property . . . 3 1 7 



xv the labyrinth spider . . . 33o 



xvi the clotho spider . . . . 360 



appendix: the geometry of the 



epeira's web . ;. 1., 383 



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