CAPITAL OF THE CRIMEA. 
197 
Extraordinary Geological Phenomena — Form of an 
Antient Greek Town — Manners of the People. 
CHAP. 
V. 
Upon our arrival at the house where we had 
lodged, we found the servant endeavouring to 
secure a very large tarantula, which he had caught 
in one of the out-houses. Some advantage 
may be derived from our entomological re- 
searches, imperfect as they are, if they only 
cause future travellers to avoid the dangerous 
consequences of an attack from such animals. 
A slight attention to the representation 
in the opposite page will enable any one 
to recognise three of the four venomous in- 
sects of the Crimea with tolerable precision, 
as the drawing was made from the ori- 
ginal specimens. The fourth, the Phalangium 
Araneoides, was destroyed in its passage to 
this country: this may be regretted, because 
its bite is the most pernicious, and no very accu- 
rate representation of the insect has hitherto 
appeared. Observations more at large were 
given in a preceding Chapter 1 : nor would the 
subject have been again introduced, but with 
a view to contradict notions propagated con- 
cerning the harmless nature of these animals. 
Both from our own experience, and the very 
(1) See pp. 133 — 137, of this Volume, 
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