1886.) Legendary Fragments from the Point Barrow Eskimos, 593 
Chapel Hill, as they are lively creatures and seem to offer inter- 
esting objects for study as to habit, food and architecture. But 
as this article is already long, and I wish to make farther collec- 
tions and study their habits more closely in captivity, I will 
reserve the subject for a future time. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
PLATE XXIII. 
Fic. 1.—Spider, natural size, dorsal view. 
‘ — 7 “ ventral “ 
oo ors gde sy 
"* 4—Spider in the act of unloading a pellet of earth while excavating. the tube. 
a, pellet of earth, 
5.—Spider applying viscid liquid to the freshly placed pellet of earth. a, spin- 
nerets 
6.—Spider applying viscid liquid to the edge of the partially constructed door. 
a, spinnerets; 4, door; ¢, pieces of moss, : 
7-—Spider in the act of fitting to edge of the door a pellet of earth, a. 
8.—Trap door showing eight concentric rings which represent the successive © 
additions to the edge of the door corresponding to the enlargement of the 
tube. a, hinge. 
PLATE XXIV. 
Fic. 1.—Natural size of nest in which the spider was caught. 
“ 2.—Trap door open. a, bands of silk which tend to close the open door; 4, 
claw and fang marks of spider made while holding down the door, 
3-—Nest made in glass test tube. a, hinge; f, bag of silk; æd, cork bottom ; 
8, pieces of moss and earth. - ; 
4.—Spider in act of holding down the door while in the nest. All natural size. 
ee RETIEF 
A FEW LEGENDARY FRAGMENTS FROM THE 
POINT BARROW ESKIMOS. 
BY JOHN MURDOCH, 
* 
in what is now the territory of Alaska, there is one legend, that 
- Greenland tradition (p. 237), and from this draws additional evi- 
dence of the identity of the Eskimo race over this extensive 
The following fragments of stories were collected by the writer 
_ A description of these spiders I reserve for a future time when a fuller collection 
1s made and habits more clearly observed. sae a 
