Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

him. At the first touch he ran heavily up towards the end of a blackberry branch where one of the radii of his web was att-ached. Here he straightened out, and bringing his four front feet to a point in front of him, the next pair, short ones, to a point at his abdomen, and his two long hind pair, behind his body, he commenced whirling. This was doubtless to confuse the attacker, I indeed I could scarce watch him, for his dizzy whirling.Prodden again, he ran down to the web proper &