THE SPIDERS. 



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shot out a yard of loose thread, and embarked on the gale 

 again. Are they yachting for pleasure, or like a fleet of 



IN THE MESHES. 



fishing-boats, do they trail their long nets after them to 

 entrap the shoals of gnats and midges, and briefly happy 

 ephemerae ? When the air is calm once more will they 

 spread their airy gossamer in the blue empyrean, and float 



