An EXPLANATION of the TWENTY-EIGHTH PLATE The Back of the long-
legg'd Spider THE Spider we are about to describe is that found
frequently in Fields and Gardens in the Summer and Autumn
Seasons, having eight Legs, extremely long and slen- der,
wherewith it strides at a great rate over the Grass and Herbs.
Its Body is very small in proportion to its Legs, in the Center
of which it is listed up on high, as it were on so many Stilts.
It appears slattish, of a grey Colour, and nearly round or oval
to the naked Eye ; but the Microscope shews the Shell of its
Back to be heptangular and speckled. Many know it by the Name of
the Carter, Shepherd-Spider, or Field-Spider. This Spider is
most remarkable for its Eyes and its long Legs ; of both which
an Ac- count will be given in due Order. The Number of Eyes in
Spiders differs according to their different Species ; some
having eight or ten, some six, and others no more than four
placed in their Fore-part or Head, which is without a Neck ; but
this under Exami- nation has