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Neriene or Walckenaera, as well as some kinds of Drassidae
and others, seldom met with elsewhere, will be found. As
spring advances and summer comes on, spiders, as a rule,
leave their winter haunts, and get up upon the bushes and
trees, and amongst rushes, grass, and other herbage of all
kinds, when the sweep-net and umbrella, as above recom-
mended, will come into requisition. At all times in the year
spiders conceal themselves under stones, logs of wood, old
bark, ivy-stems, and other such shelter; while many species,
especially the adult males, may be found running upon the
surface of the ground, disporting themselves on walls, tree-
trunks, posts, and rails, or running on the uppermost bar of
iron fencing. Old buildings, cellars, and unused rooms are
also the habitats of some peculiar species. In fact, wherever
insect-life can penetrate, spiders of one kind or another are
sure to be found; and, as in all other Natural History pur-
suits, the keenest eye, the most dextrous fingers, and the
most unwearied toil and patience, will bring the greatest
number of rarities to the Araneologist."—Ed.]