Editorial note — Translated From Etudes Religieuses, Etc., Par Des Peres De La Compagnie De Jesus. The Flight Of Spiders. A Paper Read Before The French Academy Of Science, March, 1867.

[Footnote 98: There is an observation which confirms my own. We read in Darwin's Journal, page 159: "Mr. Darwin saw a large number of gossamers on the ship Beagle, when she was about 60 miles from the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. It was the first of November, and these gossamers were carried by a very light breeze, and on each were found an immense number of little spiders, similar in appearance, about the twelfth of an inch in length, and in color a deep brown. The smallest were a deeper shade than the others. None were found on the white tufts, but all on threads." Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of his Majesty's Ship, the Beagle, 1845.]