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On the 2ift of January I could perceive the eight Eyes 
in every Spider, which betorc were not fo vifible 5 but 
now being of a brown or darkifti colour, they v/ere eafily 
diftinguifhable from the fore-part of their Body, whicii 
. was white, as the hinder part was yellov/ifh* 
Now it we confider what an.infinite number of SpiderS' 
are produced by one, and in how fhort a time, we can't 
conceive whence, or how they get their Food, efpecialiy 
fince the old ones, as far as, I could fee, feed upon no- 
thing but Living Creatures. , 
On the 2 2d of January I obferv'd that the Legs of a 
great many Spiders ( v/hich before had been clear and 
tranfparenO did now affume a dark colour, and after- 
warda began to be cover'd with Hair, v/hereas I could 
perceive none a little before. 
On the 23d of the fame month their Legs grew dark- 
er, and fo did the hinder-part of their Bodies v/hence 
thpir Web proceeds, and that alfo' began to be cover'd 
with Hairs ^ then I obferved likewife a great many Parti- 
cles of a Moift or Watery Matter hanging on the fides of 
the Glafs, which moifture I had not before taken notice 
of ^ but now there was fo much of it, that the Barren 
Eggs, which before rolled freely about the Glafs, were 
glev/'d on to it by this Vifcous Matter, which did fo 
much abound, that the young Spiders had much ado to 
paft thro it 5 I obferv'd too that they had caft their very 
thin Skins, and began to be much nimbler in their mo- 
tions. 
The 25th I faw them fpin a Thread, and manage it 
with their hind- feet as well as the old ones : I obferved 
too that they had eat up the Barren Eggs, and the others 
v/herein I did fuppofe the young ones to bedeau, wDicli 
were about fifty in number 5 for a fev^ days after there 
was nothing remaining but the bare Shells. 
I have compared the Threads of a full-grown Spider 
with one of the Hairs of my Beard, v/hereof I took die 
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