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tily arranged — large, shallow, earth- 

 colored pans are set into the ground, 

 and graceful twining plants are fes- 

 tooned above them. The birds seem 

 to appreciate these cool, pretty baths, 

 and their splashing keeps the earth 

 so moist that the plants grow luxu- 

 riantly all about them. In this retreat 

 I have brought together a large num- 

 ber of burrowing spiders, whose habits I 

 wish to investigate, and to do this successfully I must 

 devise some means to keep them intact from their 

 enemies. For this purpose I have a number of oval 

 glasses (such as gardeners use in starting early vegeta- 



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