212 LIFE IN THE INSECT WORLD. 



EVENING NINETEENTH. 



SPIDERS. 



ftunt M. I am inclined to look upon spiders 

 as an abused race. They spread their nets be- 

 fore our eyes, so that we have constant oppor- 

 tunities of seeing them destroy their prey, and it 

 is probably on this account that we have been 

 accustomed to consider them particularly blood- 

 thirsty and cruel. But we should remember 

 that they are induced to destroy the harmless fly 

 that becomes entangled in their snare, not from 

 feelings of cruelty nor revenge, but from a natu- 

 ral desire to satisfy the cravings of their appe- 

 tite. 



There is a bright side to their character, too ; 

 for in them, also, the Creator has implanted that 



