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CHAP. XXX. 
Obfervations on a large Spider. 
H AVING received a Spider from the 
Ifland of Nevis of a larger Size than 
I had ever feen, I pleafed myfelf with the 
Hope of obtaining thereby a better Know¬ 
ledge of Spiders in general than I poflibly 
could by the niceft Examination of the 
fmaller Kinds. 
On meafuring it pretty exadtly, the Length 
ofits Body and Tail was found to be 2-^-Inches 5 
the Breadth of the Body and the wideft Part 
of the Tail very near an Inch. It had ten 
Legs, of which the foremoft two were fhort- 
er than the reft, but the other eight were 
each three Inches long at leaft, and in their 
thickeft Parts a Quarter of an Inch Dia¬ 
meter. Such were the Dimen dons when 
dried, and confequently much fhrunk and 
leffened : when alive it probably appeared 
nearly twice as big. The whole body and 
Limbs were thickly covered with long Hair. 
The Body was of a brown Colour ; the Tail 
was alfo brown, except one longitudinal in¬ 
dented Stripe of white, which palled along 
its Middle from where it joins the Body to 
the Arms. The Termination of each Leg 
was a curious Tuft of long foft Hairs, under 
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