. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . n air; and the application of the discovery was, tomake a body composed of, or filled with, this sub-stance, bear up, along with its own weight, someheavier body which was attached to it. This expe-dient, so new to us, is no other than what the Authorof nature has employed in the gossamer spider. Wefrequently see this spiders thread floating in the air,and extended from hedge t
. Scripture natural history: containing a description of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, amphibia, fishes, insects, molluscous animals, corals, plants, trees, precious stones, and metals, mentioned in the Holy Scriptures . n air; and the application of the discovery was, tomake a body composed of, or filled with, this sub-stance, bear up, along with its own weight, someheavier body which was attached to it. This expe-dient, so new to us, is no other than what the Authorof nature has employed in the gossamer spider. Wefrequently see this spiders thread floating in the air,and extended from hedge to hedge across a road orbrook of four or five yards width. The animal whichforms the thread, has no wings wherewith to fly fromone extremity of this line to the other, nor muscles toenable it to spring or dart to so great a distance; yetits Creator has made for it a path in the atmosphere,and, though the insect itself be heavier than air, thethread which it spins from its bowels is specificallylighter. This is its balloon. By this contrivance itmounts into the air to such great heights, that, when 15 158 SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY. Dr. Lister ascended York Minster, he saw the gossa-mer spiders floating above GOSSAMER SPIDER. There are no living creatures so susceptible of at-mospheric changes as spiders. If the weather is like-ly to be rainy, or even windy, the master thread towhich they attach their web is always short. Thebarometer may point out that the weather will be fineto-morrow, but if the spider works with long threads,you may depend on its continuance for a fortnight. In the book of Job, it is said of the hypocrite thathis trust shall be as a spiders web, (literally house,)Job viii. 14. There is a similar allusion in the prophetIsaiah, lix. 5, 6, They hatch cockatrice eggs, andweave the spiders web ; their webs shall not becomegarments, neither shall they cover themselves withtheir works. In Prov. xxx. 28, a very differentword is also translated spider in our ver
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