CHAPTER XIII.

=Note A, p. 115.=--Dolomedes fimbriatus, a rather common English spider, makes or utilizes a rude raft of leaves, and drifts over the fens thereon. The American Dolomedes frequents the water but has not been observed to act as above.

=Note B, p. 117.=--As a rule spiders prey upon one another, without regard to species or sex. Fig. 55 represents two males fighting.