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Spiders' Webs. White and Red Death. Violets. Breeches Flower. 

 Dandelion. Plum Blossoms. Humming-bird its beauty, activity, 

 habits interesting Anecdote peculiar mode of flight. Scarlet 

 Tanagers. Crows. Raven. Black-poll Warbler. Song Sparrow. 

 Snow-bird. Cat- bird. Perfume from the Maple. Leafing of the Ash 

 White and Brown Ash. Native Fishes. Shad Maskilonge 

 Sturgeon White Dolphin. Seals. Common Dolphin. Capture of 

 one. Strange cetaceous Animal. Caterpillars. Orange Comma Butter- 

 fly. Butternut. Moosewood. Basswood. Red Currant. Great 

 horned Owl. Striped Squirrel. lied Squirrel its playful tricks agi- 

 lity. Anecdote. Other Squirrels. 



CHARLES. We can scarcely take a walk in the dewy 

 morning without feeling our faces come in contact with 

 the fine gossamer webs, which are stretched from fence to 

 fence, and from tree to tree. They are so slight as to be 

 invisible, except when the light is directly reflected from 

 them, but the tickling sensation when they touch the face 

 detects them in a moment. How does the spider manage 

 to stretch his web through the air from one point to another 

 so far distant, as he has no power of flight ? 



FATHER. That is a very curious inquiry, and one which 

 has given rise to much research and experiment, and much 

 controversy ; and yet it does not appear that the point is 

 settled. Some maintain that the spider has the power of 

 shooting out long filaments of silk in any direction, which 

 are waved by the wind till they are entangled in some object ; 

 others affirm that the wind is necessary to produce these 



