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DEW ON THE SPIDER'S WEB. 



ee the queen of nature in her jewels, and gain both 

 health and time by the sight. 



One of the most beautiful displays of dew is that 

 on the web of a spider; and perhaps that of the 

 sceptre spider, or large mottled garden spider, is one 

 of the best, as the web is large and strong, and the 

 rainbow tints of the web are seen along with the 

 glitter of the dew-drops, if the proper light is chosen 

 and any one may catch it by moving from side to 

 side a little. At a more advanced period of the sea- 

 son, the drops freeze, and the main braces of the 

 web may be taken by the ends and examined like 

 little strings of seed pearls. The spider is not on 

 the web in the dew, and it is dead, or in its winter 

 retirement, before the frost. 



DEW ON THE SPIDER'S WEB. 



Before the heavy dews of late autumn set in, the 

 spiders have all vanished from the gardens, but their. 



