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showed tliat it was quite at home in houses ; and it is a 

 singular fact that, like the European house-spider, I could 

 never find this arachnida out of doors. Its natural 

 habitat is probably caves and holes in rocks. During 

 mid-winter it hid away, but reappeared before we left 

 the hut. 



There was a very mischievous moth in this district, 

 similar in appearance to the clothes moth, which com- 

 pelled us to keep constant watch over our pelts in the 

 summer and autumn. 



