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often to frighten her away. What 
would she do if she could see what a 
great giant you really are? | 
After all, eight eyes are not too 
many when they are very small, sim- 
ple ones. a 
But Mrs. Epeira and all her kindred 
have other ways of finding out things 
in the world. ‘They can hear as well 
as see. Just how they manage to 
hear without ears is not so easy to 
understand. However, those who have 
made a careful study of the Spinners 
believe that some of the fine hairs on 
the palps act as hearing organs. Other 
hairs serve as the organs of smell. 
Although Mrs. Epeira can see, and 
hear, and smell, she does not depend 
on any of these senses half so much as 
she does on her sense of touch. Most 
of the hairs on her legs, and. those 
scattered over her body, are sensitive 
hairs, so sensitive that she knows in- 
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