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Show plder hltk. Mrs. Vhlto mentions us n great cnrl osity tho drew made from spiders wolm iresentMtu tho quern by tho empress of Brazil in ltfT?. Most certainly it U, nnd to most Ilrltlsh minds such n thing might mm Includible, but If jour cor rcsinudcnt wcrutotsit TIjl, which U famous for its magnificent spiders, ho might perhai haru leas catuo for wonder. won-der. Tho web mudo by tho bigjcllow spider hcio is ory largo and strong, but lu addition to tlio web proper, in whim Hies, mo-wptttocs, etc., cro tnn;ht, it pins n cocoon of orango tnloretl, r-llky goasnmerlfko stuff, whicji, if taken up in the lingers, require quito an effort to break. 'I his btuT, I can coiutne, might bo aen into material for n drt a. Might iiot the dresa In question luve been couiiHMed of ulmilnr material mado by tho Jlrazlliau spiders? I can hardly even now btllero that It could hat o twin loinpofcM ofvwh.it wo understand to bo tho ordinary iphier'a vtU 1 i4in quito Imagine, however, that such h in ittrinl might lw of aomo tommtrclal uUu, ua ono frequently henni complaints ut tho ptesent day of n want of JlnciiCR.1 lu fibies or tuukriaU iiPitl for stlentlfio purioMS, rjjl Cor, Notes uud Qucrita. |