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at ever) -MI. eivahle amde; and yet I wal< hed 



a gnat for u long time sailing slowly among it 

 the webl with apparently no inconvenience; 



h. >\\ IK- in. in. I--. , I n | , .UNI. -I (ell, mil. .-, In 

 shrill humming \\as In. , ii. -n-nd, \\.iiiini" 

 him by his possibly acute sense of sound ol 

 the proximity ol things, 01 ii in.i\ he (he touch 

 of his delicate leri \\ .r. , . . >n I h.ii adhe-.i, MI 

 did not I..U pi. icc. 1 am convinced In- did 

 once <>i I \\ u e touch ihc \\t-l' 1 .. iis ihr spidtM's 

 no\\ .ind then ^avc little jerk 1 . i ih<- line-. >l 

 the \vfbs which ran to their corners. All at 

 once ihe v;n.il l>ej.;.in nc ot those dan* in 

 i n< >\ ( M i u ' 1 1 1 ' which unal'. d> sometimes, .iiiil 

 are so lapid as almosl lo lender (hem in\ i-.ihle, 

 and imnuHJiately was caught lv his wings in 

 a web. The e-jiat al on. c r< .rted to the well- 



known device of simulating death, remaining 

 perfectly motionless; this saved his life, at 



1, .1 .i as Ion;', as 1 lemained, lor the spider, 

 alter a jeik or two, look no luilher notice. 



The s\\allo\\ . are prep. si in>: lo l.-a\ e us , 

 ihe si\ ih sis inside the boat hoiis*- .md 



