Then there's spiders, some of 'em nigh as big as a cat." "Oh, nonsense, Tim!" Charlie said; "I don't think, from what I've heard, that there's a spider in India whose body is as big as a mouse." "It isn't their body, yer honor.

It's their legs.

They're just cruel to look at.

It was one of 'em that gave me a turn, a while ago.

I was just lying on my bed smoking my pipe, when I saw one of the creatures (as big as a saucer, I'll take my oath) walking towards me with his wicked eye fixed full on me.