THE SPIDER'S SPAN in 
tent with this exploit, he has concluded to span 
the clouds, and is even now sailing a thousand 
feet aloft in his " balloon." 
As a bridge-builder he has had many success- 
ful imitators, but as a balloonist he is yet more 
than a match for his bigger copyist, homo sapiens, 
as I shall explain in a subsequent paper. 
