frequently rob the female of this and fly away to the 
next eminence, to regale themfelves with the delici¬ 
ous morfel. 
Some perhaps efcape ; which accounts for finding 
fpiders on the top of fleeples and other high build¬ 
ings. 
ZFhe Solitary Spider • 
This fpecies fpins loofe irregular webs, in uninha¬ 
bited parts of houfes. 
The cellar fpider is armed with ftrong pincers; they 
fometimes gripe, but the wound is not dangerous in 
this country. They dig a hole in the fand, line it 
with filk to keep it from falling in ; lie in ambufh, 
and feize the moment when they fpy prey even at 
the diflance of two feet, and dart upon it with 
rapidity, 
Aranea Aquatical 
* . I 
Lives and hunts at the bottom of the water, de¬ 
vouring its food within a globule of air formed by 
itfelf. St. Pierre, in Studies of Nature , defcribes 
poetically, its refidence and the fociety it enjoys. 
GENUS 9.—SCORPIO, SCORPION. 
This infeft has a fharp crooked fling in its tail. 
The venom of the fcorpion is accounted more dan¬ 
gerous than that of any other infe& ; it has been fre¬ 
quently 
