TRAP-DOOR SPIDER. 
75 
Nests. These are cylindrical holes from 
three to nine inches long and about one inch, 
in diameter, dug as a rule in loose soil. The 
spider then spins a thread and neatly lines 
the inside to a thickness varying from one-six- 
teenth to one-fourth of an inch. The marvel of 
the nest is its door, or lid, which fits closely 
and opens and shuts as though on hinge ; the 
door is made with soil in addition to the 
spider’s thread so that it is hardly noticeable. 
Many of these nests are found in the Port 
Royal Mountains. 
STUFFED FISH® 
Process of Stuffing. The bones, etc., are 
completely removed from the fish, the skin 
only being kept. This is then salted and 
hung up. After several days it is taken down 
and the salt washed out. The skin is then 
dried, stuffed with fine straw and sewn up, 
camphor and alum being put in with the 
straw. Special care is necessary in removing 
the eye from the inside so that the outer 
covering is left intact ; the original eye is re- 
placed by a piece of putty which is sometimes 
blackened. Most specimens are varnished, 
after being stuffed and sewn together. 
Fish. The following are the names of 
those fish usually stuffed and offered for 
sale : — Flying, porcupine (Pl. V. 1), fiddler, 
sword, soursop (PI. V. 7), shovel-headed shark, 
flying gernard (PI. V. 5.), and trumpet. 
The flying, porcupine and fiddler fish are of 
special interest. 
