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Title: Wild nature's ways
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928
Subjects: Birds Insects Natural history
Publisher: London, Paris, New York Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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SPIDERS WEBS LADEN WITH DEW. INSECTS AT WORK AND PLAY
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in my p o c k e t ,feeding her fromtime to time, andgiving her an air-ing on my hand.She became quitetame, but wouldnever venture faraway from thematchbox and her beloved eggs. Whethershe had run tho allotted span of her species,or was overtaken by a premature decline ofhealth, I do not know, but she seemed awareof her impending doom several days before SPIDER CARRYINGBALL OF EGGS. 148 WILD NATURES WAYS. death overtook her. Instead of eating her food,she sealed it all up, and made a sort of larder oftinned meat for the consumption of the young, thatfate destined her never to see. It was quite patheticto watch the creature working down to almostthe last available moment of life and strength. Some species of spiders form a sort of gossamerumbrella or bower in the grass, and sit beneath it,nursing a great ball of eggs, such as that shownin the photographic reproduction on the previouspage. They exhibit the most wonderful devotion,and will die rather than desert their charge. Others place

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