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have we will go prospecting for some of these in¬ 
teresting individuals. I want you to know them 
at first hand. \ 
“ As the spider clans are entirely meat eaters, 
they serve among Nature’s most faithful allies in 
keeping in check the harmful insect hordes. 
Like a cat, they have nine lives, and it takes a 
good deal to put them out of business! They 
can stand any amount of fasting and privation. 
Indeed, there is an instance recorded of a female 
spider having lived for eighteen months in a 
tightly corked vial! If the spider loses a leg or 
an arm, it promptly produces a bud on the scar 
left by the wound, and grows a new appendage 
that is capable of doing every bit as good service 
as the part lost! ” 
