A SPIDER AND THE TUNING FORK.
A okxtleaia.v was watching some epiders, says the Toronto Globe, whon it occurred to him to try what effect the sound of a tuning fork would have upon them. He suspected that they would take it for the buzzing of a fly. He selected a large, ugly spider that had been feasting on flies for two months. The spider was at one end of its web. Sounding the fork, the man touched a thread on the other side and watched the result. Mr Spider had the buzzing sound conveyed to him over his telephone wires, but how was he to know on which particular wire it was travelling. He ran to the centre of the web very quickly and felt all around until he touched the thread against the other end of which the fork was sounding; then, taking another thread along, just as a man would take an extra piece of rope, he ran out to the fork and sprang upon it. Then he retreated a ltttle way and looked at the fork. He was puzzled. He had expected to find a buzzing fly. He got on the fork again and danced with delight. Evidently the sound was music to him.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2701, 2 November 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)
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208A SPIDER AND THE TUNING FORK. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2701, 2 November 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)
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