Fux for the Children. —Did any of our | young renders ever experiment with the I acquirements of a spider 1 If they haven't they have deprived themselves of much i amusement. One of the best ways to test a ' spider's ability to get himself out of a scrape is to till an ordinary wash-bowl with water, take a stick and place it in the the bowl, and reaching some little distance above the water and then put the spider on the top of the stick. We will guarantee the insect will get himself away from his isolated quarters in less than ten minutes, if undisturbed, and he won't even wet his feet I in. the'transit. Try it and see how it is ''.one. " '' 1 "'' ■ * '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4021, 1 October 1874, Page 5 (Supplement)
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