FABRE'S BOOK OF INSECTS 



ProverKjal. In Africa she is said often to nest under 

 stones, but in the Malay Archipelago we hear of her kins- 

 woman in houses. From one end of the world to the 

 other she has the same tastes — Spiders, mud cells, and the 

 shelter of a man's roof. If I were in the Malay Archi- 

 pelago I should turn over the stone-heaps, and should 

 most likely discover a nest in the original position, under 

 a flat stone. 



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