Nature.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1884, 2 August 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)

Nature.

Waiting beside a mill poj 1 cv a irjl«l, balray Say last Maich, a slight wind pi -nailing, but not enough to iufila ibs ci iJ,'?ro of the wtucr, I noticed a spider lot himself down i-ito Hie water from one of tha lieM lo^cl'rmg v : i on the pond, and ci jooii v.i it icTC.-d the wucr the web or strand vms ecccv! %. Illi such a length attached to hij ra<n pail and beive to as-.rl hi p. opulsiou, wiih the favoring breeze, to thcotin.r Kumerous cpida? loilorcl li-'j f-ame procedure with ■\7CD3 of vLvyhij lengths L-oin three to ei^ht feet. L Eiipposod thig \>vi their method of ciOFbing ftom hida io clicin seaich of more abundant food. I may, peihnpj, be only repeating what was before well kno\,.i, but j.s n v-vb now to me I give ie for whfvi it n »\oith. — Geoige 0. Ilcnwng, Amei. Xaturahbt

Presence of IfEianl L» si 5?o&# Tim Boston JounuJ aaya ih-t rilmir Wur, aged ten, vrhiio sLciUii.j on 11- n r-»:»l pond at Salem, Ma-s., vaituicd oai t'.o ifu on the thin ice, near ILc losfr . \avic w-; r , v-.-hore thore is a poweiful cuueni, emu fell iiuoy^h. A Newloundlpnd dog, who had 10110 ved the little fellow to the bhoie. f.s on>*e p ni2i\Gc"l tha lad's danger, aud lan to lu 1 - avis'c^ee. The boy, in the meant) mo, hi<<\ b-eo di^wu i li l idor the ice. The dog made a l<u; c tpace of Ojien water, and diving qaicKly, biou ,ht too noy to the surface, drafting him tii n> ico to the thoie. Some men in the vicim&y vhw ■\v'iue",-:d the accident attempted to reocus the l.ut, bn« v> ere unable to reach him on account of the ii»mnesa of the ice, and he have been drowned but foi the dog. The animal v,\>,s a waif recently adopted by tLs f-vuily.