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Renti. Why I think it is very pretty ; I only 

 wish I could see a living one. Are these the teeth 

 on the top of its head ? 



JJunt M. Tes ; and here is one separately 

 drawn to show its form. 



Anna. It has ten legs. 



Aunt M. The two front ones, as I have told 

 you, serve the purpose of arms. They are used 

 by the animal for seizing its prey, and holding 

 it while it devours it If you are satisfied with 

 looking at the picture, we will now lay it aside. 



An interesting anecdote is related in history 

 of Robert Brace, who afterwards became one of 

 the most powerful kings of Scotland. 



He was at the head of an army, fighting 

 against the English, and had been six times 

 completely conquered in battle ; he had become 

 almost discouraged, when one night, as he lay 

 on a rough bed in a little cottage where he had 

 taken shelter, he saw a rpider trying to throw 

 its web from one beam to another. Six differ- 

 ent times it threw out its slender thread, and 

 every time it failed to become attached to the 

 beam. Still the patient spider was not discour- 

 aged ; it tried the seventh time, and succeeded. 



