Poisonous, I agree, if by that we understand that the animal is armed with two fangs which cause the immediate death of the little victims which it catches but there is a wide difference between killing a Midge and harming a man. Yes, the Spider is well worth studying, apart from any scientific reasons but she is said to be poisonous, and that is her crime and the primary cause of the repugnance wherewith she inspires us. Against this summary verdict the observer sets the beast's industry, its talent as a weaver, its wiliness in the chase, its tragic nuptials and other characteristics of great interest. THE Spider has a bad name: to most of us, she represents an odious, noxious animal, which every one hastens to crush under foot.
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