THE spider's span m 



tent with this exploit, he has concluded to span 

 the clouds, and is even now sailing 'a thousand 

 feet aloft in his " balloon." 



As a bridge-builder he has had many success- 

 ful imitators, but as a balloonist he is yet more 

 than a match for his bigger copyist, homo sapiens, 

 as I shall explain in a subsequent paper. 



