312 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. 
spider will deliberately appropriate a part of the nest of another, or dis- 
lodge another in order to possess the whole place. 
The fact is that the construction of a nest is not a very difficult mat- 
ter. Orbweavers, at least, are apt to change their position when in any- 
: wise made uncomfortable, and build a new home. Material costs 
Facile = nothing, for leaves are plenty and free as fuel in an Adiron- 
Nest wg, dacks forest; and, as to tapestry and other hangings for her 
Making. “@cks forest; and, as to tapestry and other hangings e 
abode, she possesses an unfailing manufactory within her own 
person, and at her own command. Moreover, there is a wholesome fear 
of results which, in the absence of any moral sentiment, is apt to restrain 
a covetous aranead from assaulting a spider who is ensconced within her 
own castle, and has the advantage of being on the defensive; for, even in 
spider world it is easier to defend a fort from an assailant than to attack 
it upon scaling ladders. 
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