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expect the mother to carry them 
about. 
For a week or ten days they remain 
on this novel horse, then one by one 
they drop off, spin a thread, and go 
sailing away to care for themselves. 
The Ground Spiders that dig tunnels 
\ # place their eggs in these under- 





» young spiders spend the first 
J month or six weeks of their 
Nig: > 2, lives, when they wan- 
fe a ee der off to try their 
« Our common Hack runmer skill digoing tunnels 
cosy nook or corner ” in the. ground. 
Tent-makers, both the Grass Spiders 
and those that live in our houses, 
make a thin, white cocoon for their 
egos, which they hide away in some 
warm corner. No place suits them 
as well as a coat or other garment 
which is hanging where they may slip 
into its folds, deposit thei eggs, and 
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