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its box, and I have never since met with another 

 individual like it. That this singular frog has it in 

 its power to seriously injure an opponent is, of 

 course, out of the question ; but its unexpected 

 attack must be of great advantage. The effect of 

 the sudden opening of an umbrella in the face of 

 an angry bull gives, I think, only a faint idea of 





Wrestler Frog. 



the astonishment and confusion it must cause an 

 adversary by its leap, quick as lightning, and the 

 violent hug it administers ; and in the confusion it 

 finds time to escape. I cannot for a moment believe 

 that an instinct so admirable, correlated as it is 

 with the structure of the fore legs, can be merely 

 an individual variation ; and I confidently expect 



