r GRE AT SURINAM SPIDER. 
yellow nail : and, from the head, project two 
long teeth, with inverted pincers, resembling 
the claws of a crab, with which it seizes it's 
prey ; while it's bite, if not fatal, by the ve- 
nomous liquid infused into the wound, always 
occasions a fever. 
44 It has eight eyes, like most spiders, and 
feeds on insects of every species; nay, k is 
even asserted that young birds do not escape 
it, out of which this Spider sucks the blood. 
It's web is -small, but very strong. 
44 On the whole, it is such a hideous crea- 
ture, that the very sight of it is sufficient ta 
occasion a tremor of abhorrence, even in 
persons most accustomed to inspect the defor- 
mities of Nature!" 
On this account, we may be permitted to 
remark, that the people of Surinam probably 
name it the Tarantula, merely from the ma- 
lignity of it's bite, without regarding the dis- 
similarity of appearances. The size of an 
Orleans Plum is perhaps too indecisive, and 
scarcely gives an idea of the generally sup- 
posed 
