No remedy was applied, and the pain ceased in about two hours.

The Bechuanas believe that there is a small black spider in the country whose bite is fatal.
I have not met with an instance in which death could be traced to this insect, though a very large black, hairy spider, an inch and a quarter long and three quarters of an inch broad, is frequently seen, having a process at the end of its front claws similar to that at the end of the scorpion's tail, and when the bulbous portion of it is pressed, the poison may be seen oozing out from the point.
We have also spiders in the south which seize their prey by leaping upon it from a distance of several inches.

When alarmed, they can spring about a foot away from the object of their own fear.

Of this kind there are several varieties.
A large reddish spider ('Mygale') obtains its food in a different manner than either patiently waiting in ambush or by catching it with a bound.
It runs about with great velocity in and out, behind and around every object, searching for what it may devour, and, from its size and rapid motions, excites the horror of every stranger.

I never knew it to do any harm except frightening the nervous, and I believe few could look upon it for the first time without feeling himself in danger.