It is round in shape, spotted, brown in color, and the body half an inch in diameter; the spread of the legs is an inch and a half.

It makes a smooth spot for itself on the wall, covered with the above-mentioned white silky substance.

There it is seen standing the whole day, and I never could ascertain how it fed.

It has no web, but a carpet, and is a harmless, though an ugly neighbor.
Immediately beyond Dilolo there is a large flat about twenty miles in breadth.

Here Shakatwala insisted on our remaining to get supplies of food from Katema's subjects, before entering the uninhabited watery plains.