THE TURRET-BUILDING SPIDER. 



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this spider, describes the building of the tower. She 

 says the spider readily accepted her help in construct- 

 ing her habitation. 



Madame Spider had been put in a jar which con- 

 tained six inches of earth, together with a lot of build- 

 ing material in the 

 shape of sticks and 

 moss. It was not long 

 before her burrow was 

 begun, and when it 

 measured two inches 

 in depth she com- 

 menced her turret 

 above it. 



She did not refuse 

 to take sticks offered 

 her from the fingers 

 of Mrs. Treat. Stand- 

 ing inside of her tun- 

 nel and holding the 

 stick in her fore claws 

 she arranged it as she 

 saw proper and fast- 

 ened it in place with 

 a stout bit of cob- 

 web, and having done 

 so. accepted another, 



which she used as she did the first, and so proceeded 

 until the foundation of her five-sided domicile was 

 laid. She then disappeared inside her burrow, and 

 soon came to the top again carrying a pellet of fresh 



Burrow of the turret-building spider. 



