A Bkast of Prky 



or a lobster's coat, entire ; and a new one ^rew 

 niuler it. 



In No, 8 Mr. Enoek lias liiekily cau;4lit our 

 heroine jnst at the moment of sneh a mouU. Slie 

 is ch"oppin<4 out of her old skin, by meaiis of 

 her threads ; beneath it, the new one has ^rown, 

 the animal beinj^ thus quite literally aceommo- 

 dated with a fresh suit 

 " while you wait." 

 The way the old skin 

 han^s up is curious 

 and typical. At first 

 the new outer coat is 

 soft and yieldinj^, like 

 the freshly moulted 

 skeleton or armour 

 of a crab or lobstei" ; 

 but it soon hardens, 

 and not infrequently 

 advantaj^e is taken 

 of the moult to re- 

 place parts that have 

 been accidentally lost 

 or broken off, such as 

 a lej4 or a feeler. The 



economical spider, however, never wastes any- 

 thinif : she does not throw away the old suit ; as 

 soon as her jaws have thrown hard enough, it is 

 eaten up by the owner, and thus used over aj^ain 

 in the production of web or body material, if 

 thrift be a virtue, no beast on earth possesses more 

 than a spider. 



NO. S. — A >i'ii)|;r ciiANtaNi; ns 

 sen t>i- ( i.oiUKs. 



