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tractable, and associate quietly with those, w.10m, 
otherwise, they would have been inclined to per- 
secute, 
LESSON XL 
Gon-tri-vanee 
con-ve-ni ent 
8pe-oi-es 
ha-bit-a-tion 
No animals are commoner than spiders; we find 
them everywhere. Some have their dwelling in 
our houses, some in the fields, some in the crevi- 
ces of an old wall; some float on their web in the 
air—some on the surface of the water. It is 
curious to see them forming their webs, or lying 
in wait for their prey. 
These webs are sometimes composed of dirty- 
looking threads, either single, or in a confused 
mass, like those of the house spider, which clean 
and tidy folks will not suffer to remain in a corner 
of their room, or suspended to the ceiling. Some- 
times we find beautiful circular webs spread out 
in fine net-work on the grass or hedges, in the 
early summer or autumn mornings, and all glitter- 
ing with dew-drops. 
But woe to the unfortunate fly, or gnat, or even 
Wwasp, who gets entangled in these treacherous 
Snares; he has a poor chance of escape, for the 
threads he treads on are sticky or glutinous, and 
the poor insect can seldom get away before the 
Spider pounces upon her prey, and devours, or 
rolls it np in her web for future use. 
SOM-MON-er 
cir-ou-lar 
0C0-000N 
QU-Tl-0u8 
SPIDERS. 
orev-i-ces 
glu-tin-ous 
un-for-tu-nate 
sus-pend-ed