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taken in so thoroughly examining and reporting on the 
large number of specimens from time to time sent to him, 
and for the knowledge of Arachnids I have thus gained at 
his hands. Another page in Nature’s book has been unsealed 
for me, and woodland, meadow, moor, and mountain thereby 
invested with a new interest. 
In the work of collecting specimens for the present list, 
I have to acknowledge, outside my own family, only the 
assistance of Messrs Bruce and Charles Campbell, who have 
kindly procured for me a few tubefuls from Dalmeny Park.] 
The collection of Spiders upon which the following list 
is almost entirely founded, has been made mainly within a 
radius of ten miles of the city, but it must not be supposed 
that the various sections of this area have received equal 
attention. Naturally, the localities most thoroughly examined 
have been those nearest at hand; and, as a matter of fact, 
the bulk of the collecting has been done within a radius of 
six or seven miles. Beyond the ten mile radius, practically 
only two localities have been examined, namely, Aberlady, 
some four or five miles farther east on the Haddingtonshire 
coast, and the neighbourhood of Leven on the opposite coast 
of Fife. The results of a few hours’ collecting on the Isle of 
May, at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, and at Bridge 
of Allan near Stirling, have also been incorporated, though 
both places are a good deal farther off than any of the 
others mentioned in the paper. 
Looking to the character of the district, regarded in the 
restricted sense above indicated, and the leneth of time it 
has been under cultivation, a rich Spider-fauna was perhaps 
scarcely to be expected. Ceteris paribus, Spiders, like the 
majority of other orders of creatures, abound most in districts 
least altered by the agency of man. But, perhaps, of not less 
importance than the absence of the implements of agriculture 
and of other industries, are warmth and sunshine, in respect 
of which Edinburgh, with its prevalence of cold east winds 
during spring and early summer, and frequent sunless 
days, does not compare well even with much of the rest of 
Scotland, to say nothing of the bulk of England. 
