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Show J SPIDER AS WEA1HF.fl PnOPHIT, tl-llai Imofl Thai r..'lll t aa M....r..l.l. .1 I uu.llllenl Moat blrite ami a i i I .v.- the faculty of dln-ernlt.g Ih- iipproa.-h of a atorm With ui'.rn or ai-iur.i'y but tn Vn--at.ni lhy l-a a util.'-r that la knoan ' w nl'.er f-. . infr Thla InHut I- k n ' a-n." on account ac-count of fn efeil p.o.'ii. . I l y It" polaoll Aa f.ir it t u l.r- .lui t g.na the ln. t la liiun--ve mid can he handled wllh I tn fin ii 1 1 y . but If any-hndy any-hndy hna the n.l fortune to get one mateilniialy uilxd with hi food he U certain to die afler a few honra. and meanwhile, for aonie uimp'alncd rea-aon. rea-aon. will frequently ejm ulnte "Am! Am! Am!" heme the name of the apuler. Throughout the peninmla th a la afllrnied In ha a fad. and If an "am" falla Into fodder of hor.ea or mulea the animal that ewallnws It aurely dlea. Ihla apl-l-r la ahaped Ilka a crab, mlnua the rlaaa, and la or a bright yellow rolor. with brown apota; tha hlggeat ronhl be accotnmodiited upon a allver dime. Hi favorite abode la among the leavea nf the banana ahrub --commonly, but erroneoiialy, called tree. There It aplna. with extreme rapidity. Iia w.-b, whl h la prolli-loiialy large, (onxlderlng tlie atre of the architect, ar-chitect, and prmee.la to devour (Ilea that are unlucky rnoiiKh to get en-tnngled en-tnngled In the nieahea of thla aatnn-lahlng aatnn-lahlng little -lutton. that la not aatta-fled aatta-fled with leaa than a do-en a day; thit la to aay. It conanmra a good d al mora than Ita own hulk. Ita progeny ara numertnia. and nppear, at flrat, Ilka mere black apei-da. amaller than tha amalleat pln'a head. The aky may be blue and floudleaa, when auddenly the am enmmencea taking In Ita aalla. or. rather, gathering gather-ing In Ita neta. with neatneaa and die-patch, die-patch, cramming tha whole of tha material ma-terial Into Ita diminutive body entirely nut of alght A few mlnutea com-pletea com-pletea tha Job and the aplder takea up Ita poaltlon on the under aurfare nf ona of tha great leavea, to be lulled by tha gentle awaylng and eheltered while the atorm ragea. It la for thla that the am hai prepared, and never la mtataken; when tha web la taken In rain will aurely fall within an hour. The moment the ara la touched It felgna death and leta Itaelf drop, allowing allow-ing no algn nf lira until again placed upon a leaf or on the ground. Many a one baa luln on the palm of tha wrlter'a hand, Inert, all Ita lege drawn rloaa to Ita body, while It waa examined exam-ined at letaure, even being picked up In the finger a without Ita tuanlfcatlng any life. |