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r-,,. she throws 

 v ; >> the pel- 

 lets. The 

 tiger -spider al- 

 ways leaves the 

 skeletons of 

 insects in the 

 bottom of 

 , its tube, 

 and in • 

 proc- 

 °' : ess of 



time this 

 V-'i^ :'. makes a rich 

 ST "'V black mould 

 around the bot- 

 tom of it, and as a 

 result of this the spider 

 is often driven from its 

 home by a great mush- 

 room starting from the bot- 

 tom of the burrow, which 

 pushes its way upward and 

 completely demolishes it, 

 thus forcing the spider to 

 seek new quarters. Such 

 a catastrophe never hap- 

 musiiroom growing in the burrow pens to our neater tower- • 



OP THE TIGER-SPIDER, AND HOUSE 



01' THE TARANTULA TURRICULA. builder. 



