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REVIEW. 
The Surrey Hills; A Guide to the Caterham Railway and 
tts Vicinity. With Map. Second, and Revised Edition. 
London: John Russell Smith. 1366. 
Tus little work contains a full account of Caterham and 
its neighbourhood, showing how advantageous it is as a 
place of residence, owing to its great salubrity, and the rapid 
connection which it has with London by means of the 
Caterham Railway. This book also gives interesting his- 
torical notes on the several villages which surround the 
town of Caterham. Those who wish for quietude, in addi- 
tion to healthiness of locality, would do well to locate at 
Caterham, or one of the many adjacent picturesque villages. 
For a full account of the Surrey Hills, we must refer our 
readers to the book itself. 
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MISCELLANEOUS. 
THE POISONOUS BLACK SPIDER.—We have received 
the following account of a poisonous black spider, which 
has of late years made its appearance in Russia. We are 
indebted for the information to a traveller, who passed the 
greater part of last year in the province of Berdiansk. 
The appearance of this insect amongst the wheat at 
‘harvest time, created for a few days a panic among the 
labouring classes, and, indeed, one of so threatening a 
character, that wages rose to double their ordinary rate, 
and it was with difficulty that the labourers could be 
induced to work. More than 300 persons were bitten by 
this venomous insect, but only three cases are reported to 
have proved fatal, and these deaths, it is supposed, are not 
to be attributed solely to the bite of the spider. Fortu- 
nately, this visitation was restricted to one part of the 
town lands, otherwise the consequences might have been 
very serious. The bite of this insect was indicated by a 
hard, white spot. The first symptoms experienced were 
alternate violent heat and cold, shortness of breath, bor- 
dering on suffocation, and increased pulsation of the heart, 
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