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THE WONDER OF LIFE 



But another vul- 

 ture, watching 



From his high 

 aerial look-out, 



Sees the down- 

 ward plunge 

 and follows, 



And a third pur- 

 sues the second. 



Coming from the 

 PS invisible ether. 



First a speck and 

 SS then a vulture 



TUl the air is dark 

 with pinions '. 



And then 

 iL comes the 



blinding poetic 

 R flash — 



'So disasters 

 come not 

 singly'. 



FL 



There are 

 humdrum ways 

 of getting food, 

 which the 

 grazing herds 

 illustrate. But 

 how often this 

 serious pro- 

 blem is solved 

 dramatically ! 

 Every one has 

 heard of the 

 Archer or Spitting Fish (Toxotes) of Malay, which shoots 



FiQ. i. — Web of Garden Spider. The spinner 

 makes first the strong foundation-lines (fl). 

 Then the rays (k) are made. Third, a non- 

 viscid primary spiral (ps) is formed, as a 

 scaffolding, from the centre outwards. 

 Fourthly, this is replaced by the viscid 

 secondary spiral (ss), which is the genuine 

 web, made from the outside inwards. 



