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work, and is done with extraordinary nicety of manipula- 

 tion by the use of feet and spinnerets. For account of 



FIG. ioi. Spider and its web in a rose-bush. (Photograph from life by 

 Cherrv Kearton; from "Wild Life at Home," by permission of Cassell 

 &Co.). 



web-making, etc., see McCook's "American Spiders and 

 their Spinning Work." 



The habits and instincts of spiders in connection with 

 the care of the young, the building of webs and nests, 

 ballooning by means of silken lines, the active stalking 

 and catching of prey, etc., are very interesting and offer 



