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The Life of the Scorpion

Note 3 — Chapter III · THE LANGUEDOCIAN SCORPION: THE POISON

Bernard Miall translation

Under the stone, the Spider-lover never meets the Lycosa or the Epeiræ, who frequent other regions; but he may, at long intervals, find other Spiders, addicted like himself to sheltering in rocky refuges, and notably the timid Clotho.3 He is therefore pretty familiar with this sort of game, and any fair-sized Spider suits him, provided that he be hungry.

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