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Flashlights on XArrKMC 







N(3. 5 shows us further details of sonic other 

 iiitcrestinj^ features in Rosalind's anatomy. The 

 upper fij^ure represents tluee distinct varieties of 



the viscid threads, 

 eacli with its own 

 pecuhar type of 

 beads, adapted 

 tor catchin<4 hir- 

 ^L'V or smaller 

 insects. Every 

 kind has its own 

 beads spread for 

 it. The flies ^et 

 entanj^led in these, 

 according; to their 

 size ; and then, 

 tearinj4 the web to 

 free themselves, 

 lind the coils only 

 double round their 

 lej^s and bodies. 



Hut the spider 

 does not content 

 herself with merely 

 catchinj4 insects ; 

 she poisons them 

 as well. We had 

 not watched Rosa- 

 lind l(Mi<» in her chosen \,\\r before we dis- 

 covered that she did not live in her geometrical 

 web ; that was merely her hunting- net ; her 

 private residence consisted of a snug little cell 



NO. 4. — HACK VIKW OK ROSALINDS 

 SI'INNKKKIS. 



