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The Jumpers 
loose bark on a log or fence post. 
Sometimes they creep into crevices or 
cracks in the walls of a building. 
The family name of these little wan- 
derers is Attide, but they are com- 
monly known as the Jumping Spiders. 
The Attida whom we shall call 
Miss Velvetgown is one of the best 
known of all the jumpers. She is a 
trim little body, wear- 
ing always a becoming 
black velvet suit 
trimmed with a few 
dots of orange on . 
the back. Like all & 
of her family ahe « 
has a short, flat ; 
are short and stout 2 
pairs are almost /, equalinlength. 33 
No other Spin- ! ner can boast ¥F 
of as beautiful * eyes as this A 
prim little lady. They are arranged 
as you see in the diagram. The two 
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Diagram of 
Miss Velvetgown’s eyes 
» body. Her legs 
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