








The Spinner Family 
In the midst of the meshes Mrs. 
House-Spider hangs, back downward, 










= ZEEE her 
: head 
hidden 
from view 
behind her 
~ round abdomen. 
You wonder how 
she ever reached the 
centre of that tangle; 
and now that she is there 
you are at as great a loss 
to know how she will ever 
| manage to get out again. She 
| // would laugh at your perplexity 
/ | if she knew how, for the appar- 
/ | ent mass of trestle-work is 
only on the outside of a hol- 
low space. The space is Mrs. 
ve akea ball 'Theridion’s room, and the 
as she hangs 
from her web” trastle-work forms the walls of 




her house. The room is open below 
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