184 ‘NATURAL HISTORY, 
in the fields, But there is a {mall fort, more dangerous than the rej. 
being no larger than a {mall pea, and it is black, and very active. It 
fixes itfelf on the walls of houfes, or to planks, and in the fields it fpins 
its web on the grafs. Its bite is fo venomous, that it would infallibly 
kill, without a proper remedy. A Negroe bitten byone of thefe Spiders; 
neglected the wound too long, and died in a few days: this infe@ like- 
wile attacks pretty often, herds of large and {mall cattle, and does 
them a great deal of damage, for this reafon the Europeans take a par- 
ticular care in keeping their houfes, and the ftables clean; to prefervé 
themfelves and their cattle from the bites of thefe dangerous animals. 
The large Spider of South--tmerica, make their nefts on guava trees; 
in the {hape of the webs of fome Caterpillars: their bodies are covered 
all over with hair; and they are furnithed with fharp-pointed teeth; . 
which give dangerous wounds; for at the fame “me they diftil.a liquor 
into them of a malignant nature: they generally teed upon Ants, and 
fometimes they will take the young of {mall birds out of their nefts, 
and fuck their blood. In patticular, they are great enemies to the 
Humming-birds, which they will often attack and kill: they fhed their 
coats or flough’s every year, like the Bermudas Spiders. 
The {mall fearlet Spider, is a native of England, and is found in gar- 
‘dens and orchards, on the bodies of trees. It is not much bigger than 
a large Flea, nor is it divided into two parts, like moft other Spiders 5 
but it has 2 fmall round head, that ftands from the body, furnifhed: 
with two long feelers: the body itfelf is oval, and has three legs ‘on 
each fide; but though it is fo fmall, it is accounted venomous. 
The reddith chefnut coloured Spider, is very remarkable for its legs 
and feelers. It has eight of the former, four on each fide, and. eactt 
Joint feems to be placed in a focket: the feelers are globular, and hairy 
_at the ends, encircled with yellow, which gives them the appearance 
of a {mall ftone fet therein. "It has eight eyes, placed in a femicircular 
form, and about them the colour is black, but the upper part joining 
to the belly, is of a reddith chefnut: the upper fide of the belly is of 
a dark ath colour, and the legs are reddith. ; 
The fmall long-legged Spider, is fo finely tharked, that it is impof- 
fible to defcribe it either in words or colours, there being fo fine a mix- 
ture of green, red, and black, interchangeably put together in curious 
fhapes. It has eight legs, which are very long, and marked in the 
fame curious manner: the body is perfectly oval. It being without 
any divifions in the body, and the head does not ftand out therefrom: 
the eyes are fo fmall as not to be difcerned. 
The dark coloured Spider, has a broad ftreak of light hair-colour, in 
the middle of the back, and a mark of the fame, in the fhape of a dia- 
mond, on the upper part of the belly. It has fix eyes, two clavated 
feelers, and eight long legs, which are finely fpotted. It is divided 
into two parts, as other {piders, but the head is not diftin& from the 
fore part of the body. In Fune it carries its egg-bag under its belly. | 
The houfe Spider with legs finely fpotted with black, has hairs or 
briftles growing from each joint, and it has eight eyes, eight feet, and 
two clavated feelers: the fore part of the body is almof round, and 
that behind perfeétly oval ; fome give the webs of thefe Spiders for the 
gure of agues. / pre 
