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Neriene or Walckenaera, as well as some kinds of Drassidae 
and others, seldom met with elsewhere, will he found. As 
spring advances and summer comes on, spiders, as a rule, 
leave their winter haunts, and get up upon the bushes and 
trees, and amongst rushes, grass, and other herbage of all 
kinds, when the sweep-net and umbrella, as above recom¬ 
mended, will come into requisition. At all times in the year 
spiders conceal themselves under stones, logs of wood, old 
bark, ivy-stems, and other such shelter; while many species, 
especially the adult males, may he found running upon the 
surface of the ground, disporting themselves on walls, tree- 
trunks, posts, and rails, or running on the uppermost bar of 
iron fencing. Old buildings, cellars, and unused rooms are 
also the habitats of some peculiar species. In fact, wherever 
insect-life can penetrate, spiders of one kind or another are 
sure to be found; and, as in all other Natural History pur¬ 
suits, the keenest eye, the most dextrous fingers, and the 
most unwearied toil and patience, will bring the greatest 
number of rarities to the Araneologist.”— Ed.] 
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