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Page 19
... spiders making off many yards in advance , and apparently determined to put a good distance between themselves and their foe . I once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ...
... spiders making off many yards in advance , and apparently determined to put a good distance between themselves and their foe . I once saw one of the false spiders , or harvest - men ( Phalangida ) , standing in the midst of an army of ...
Page 86
... spiders . Besides the large owner and manufacturer of each web who was stationed near its centre , there were on the outskirts several very small ones , belonging , I think , to two different species . I sometimes threw a fly into one ...
... spiders . Besides the large owner and manufacturer of each web who was stationed near its centre , there were on the outskirts several very small ones , belonging , I think , to two different species . I sometimes threw a fly into one ...
Page 103
... spiders ; it approached a web where a spider was stationed in the centre , made a dart towards it - apparently a feint to frighten the spider clear of its web ; at any rate it had that effect , for it fell to the ground , and was ...
... spiders ; it approached a web where a spider was stationed in the centre , made a dart towards it - apparently a feint to frighten the spider clear of its web ; at any rate it had that effect , for it fell to the ground , and was ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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