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ously adorned with ribbons, and embroidery de¬ 
signs done in black or brown. 
“ This satiny covering is perfectly water-proof, 
and as hard to puncture as parchment. But 
when once we do get our pocket-knife through it, 
and rip up the side, lo! beneath it we find another 
silken wrapping, this time of a reddish hue, and 
so fluffed and puffed out that we recognize it at 
once as an extra fine wadding. It looks much 
like that which Auntie used in making Grand¬ 
father’s padded silk dressing-gown a few days 
ago. We readily recognize its purpose: it is to 
serve as a warm comforter for the little spider- 
lings, when the winds howl and old Winter does 
his worst. 
“ The eggs are suspended from the center of 
the quilt, in a curious little satin pocket, which is 
round at the bottom and square at the top, and 
fitted with a tight little padded lid. The eggs 
themselves are like small orange-colored beads, so 
tiny that some five hundred or more of them are 
glued together into a little lump about the size of 
a pea. The whole nursery—nest, comforter, 
pocket and eggs—can only be equaled for 
uniqueness by that of members of the same tribe, 
the Argiopes or Garden Spiders. 
“ Just think what a wonderful silk factory 
these spiders run! With the simple equipment 
of their hind legs and three pairs of spinnerets 
