Snake,, the rattle, the terror of all animal* . ib. 



. the tortoise, description of .14 



Soothsayer, the. See Mantis. 



Sparman, Dr. on the paradoxical bug , . 163 



Spheges, the, description of . 291 



Spider, the, changes its skin . ; 123 



. . . counterfeits death * t . ib. 



. curious construction of the web of . .-120 



. . . description of . . , 11T 



. frequently reduced to great extremity . 122 



. . its cunning in entangling flies .119 



. . its plan of concealment in the web . .121 



. . . mutual combats of . 222 



. several species of * # , 117 



. . ' . species of, in Jamaica * . .135 



, . the bird-catching . . . .133 



..... gigantic size and muscular power of ib. 



. the garden . * , 124 



, capable of enduring long abstinence . 125 



. . . silk manufactured from the bags of .126 



. . the gossamer . . . .129 



. delicacy of its threads . . 130 



. . - . diminutivenessof . . 129/ 



. the jumping, description of . , . 12T 



. the wandering, description of . . .132 



, . the water, aerial apartments of . . 123 



Sponges, the, description of . . 343 



Stackhouse, Mr. his observations on the death-watch . 203 



Stedman, Captain, his account of the bird-catching spider . 133 



. . . .of the Boa . . 95 



Swinburne, Mr. his remarks on the tarantull^and tarantati . 



Tar -intati, the, account of . . . .142 



Tarantula, the, description of . 136 



effects of the bite of . . / 137 



. . music supposed to be a cure for the bite of . 140 



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