528 
SPIDER. 
prey among the branches of the trees, and certain 
destruction awaits the little animal which is un- 
fortunate enough to be entangled in its snare. 
We shall here conclude our account of this genus 
without taking any particular notice of the taran- 
tula, as the stories which have been told respecting 
the extraordinary symptoms attending its bite, and 
the wonderful manner in which the patient is cured, 
are equally without foundation. 
