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into a channel extending several inches 
underground. Both tube and chan- 
nel are lined with silk. | While 
° ° “fe 
you are examining ¥ vy” it, the 






owner of the home y VA 4 “ rushes 
out, is off, ne A Va “out of 
sight in an vy. instant. 
In that i , my ff —~ one instant, 
how- sm. SR. ever, you see 
ee aa what a 
gis it] i beauty~ she is, 
f ale yh ° 
! : if dressed in a mouse- 
colored suit of fur, with 
f a few bits of black 
‘*Vou see 
what C beauty | 
ets jA velvet trimming. It 
I e 
seems to be the fashion among 
the ground-spiders to dress in fur. No 
matter how warm it is, you will always 
find them clad in their heavy winter 
suits. 
This mouse-colored Spinner is one 
of the largest, as well as one of the 
handsomest, of the ground-spiders. 
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