I'd llicir Soiit licrii iind (.■s|)0(i;illy tlicir li'ii|iic:il cinisiiis, \\hicli alhirk :inil 

 suiiictiiiu's kill Imiiiaii heings, this i^roiip (if i'ascinatint;' rrfaturos (iwcs the 

 dread in wliicli it is hold liy jioopk' in j^oneral. It is a pity, for thmiiuhdnt 

 tlic Xdi'tlicru states, no danucrniis species is known to exist, and those which 

 tre<|iienl dur hdiiscs will no irii.rc attack us than dd tli<' flies they I'atch aii<l 

 devour. 



T nlil a chihl has i^azed in wonder .-it an oi'li \\'ea\"er as it spins its weli 

 between the trees, or heen an eye-wilncss of the death of sonic insect unlucky 

 enough to fall into a web, he has not taken his first stej) toward the wonder- 

 huid which touches him on every side and lie is in i;ra\e danger of growing 

 up with a Mind side -the side turned toward I he field an<l forest. 



There are millions upon millions of spiders, and thousands of species, and 

 they live everywhere from the Arctic Regions to the Tro|)ics. They de\our 

 counllcss myriads of Hies and glials an<l hosts of other insects, and nobody 

 knows just what good they do us, but e\ery entoiiidlogist would hold up his 

 hands in fear at what the result might be should the spiders of the world 

 be bidttcd dui . They must Imld couiif less parasites in check and hcl]i to keep 

 the balance e\'en. 



If all the little children should learn that flicy are harmless, I Axondcr if 

 they could not stop their nurses fi-oni killing them. It is the ignorance of 

 those w ho train our little ones that kee|)s ali^•e the unreasoning hat red tow ards 

 so maiiv of the wonder creatures of the woods. 



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