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The Chilians have a great horror of this spi- 

 der, and for some time after my brother's pets 

 were taken into his chamber, not a native could 

 be prevailed upon to enter it, and he was obliged 

 to do his own chamber work. 



They were at length killed by a new Spanish 

 servant, who went into his room during his ab- 

 sence to clean and put it in order. Seeing the 

 venomous creatures resting on the wall, and 

 naturally supposing them to be intruders, he 

 put an end to them with his sweeping brush. 



Renei. I wish I could see one of these mon- 

 strous spiders. 



Aunt M. I can show you a picture of one 

 which has been kindly drawn for me by a friend 

 of my brother's from a spider now in his pos- 

 session. It must be a small one, however ; as 

 some of them are said to be three inches in 

 length, one inch arid a half in breadth, and 

 eleven inches with the legs extended. 



ReneL Where is the picture, Aunt Mary ? 



rfunt M. I think we shall find it in this 

 drawer. Here it is. 



Mary. Eh ! it makes me shudder to look at 

 it. 



