
VI 
MORE NEIGHBORS, THE HUNCHBACKS 
AND MIMICS 
HE garden seems to be a fa- 
vorite location for Spinners. 
Here is another swinging 
web, not two feet away from Miss 
Silverback’s home. 
This wheel, like Mrs. Epeira’s, hangs 
in a vertical position. ‘lhe owner has 
taken no pains to conceal it; on the 
contrary, she seems anxious to show 
it off, for there is a row of small balls 
of dirty silk, crumpled-up skeletons 
and wings of insects, and bits of 
bark, extending across it from top to 
bottom. 
What do you suppose any Spinner 
means by hanging up a string of dirt 
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