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Staple of News, A. ii. Sc. 1, vol. v. p. 219. Lond. 1816. “A Spider is usually given to monkeys, and is esteemed a sovereign remedy for the disorders those animals are principally subject to.”—James’s Med. Dict. Spiders are also fed to mocking-birds, not only as food, but also as an aperient.