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THE SMALL-MOUTHED BASS 



dive into weeds and slime when pursued, the problem of 

 capture is quite different. 



The first essential in getting frogs is a pair of rubber 



boots, reaching to the 

 hip, so that one may 

 wade along the shore, 

 well out in the water, 

 and chase the frogs to 

 the shore. 



In addition, one 

 should have a frog-net, 

 with a handle about two or three feet in length, made 

 in such a way that the frame of the net is inclined at an 

 obtuse angle to the handle, and having a covering of some 

 flexible material like mosquito-netting. One may then catch 

 a dozen frogs in an hour, if they are not very plentiful, and 

 two or three dozen if they are in abundance. 



The frog-net is made of a piece of bamboo rod, with a 

 waxed cord wound around one end so as to provide a suitable 

 handle, and a loop to hang it up. 



A brass wire about one-eighth of an inch or three-six- 

 teenths of an inch in diameter is bent into the form of a circle, 

 and the ends filed down flat so as to fit the other end of the 

 rod, to which it is lashed with brass or copper wire. 



This ring should then 

 be bent into the proper 

 position, so that it makes 

 a slight angle with the 

 prolongation of the rod, 

 about fifteen or twenty 

 degrees; and mosquito- 

 netting is sewn carefully 



on the ring so as to form a conical bag about eight inches in 

 height. 



The netting soon wears away, as it is very delicate; but 



