May 1749. 



tain among them : for when he begins to 

 croak, all the others follow; and when he 

 flops, the others are all filent. When this 

 captain gives the fignal for flopping, you 

 hear a note like poop coming from him. 

 In day-time they feldom make any great 

 noife, unlefs the fky is covered. But the 

 night is their croaking time ; and, when all 

 is calm, you may hear them, though you 

 are near a mile and a half off. When they 

 croak, they commonly are near the furface 

 of the water, under the bufhes, and have 

 their heads out of the water. Therefore, 

 by going flowly, one may get clofe up 

 to them before they go away. As foon as 

 they are quite under water, they think 

 themf^lves fafe, though the water be very 

 fh allow. 



SOMETIMES they fit at a good diftance 

 from the pond ; but as foon as they fufpecl: 

 any danger, they haften with great leaps 

 into the water. They are very expert at 

 hopping. A full-grown Bullfrog takes near 

 three yards at one hop. I have often been 

 told the following flory by the old Swedes^ 

 which happened here, at the time when the 

 Indians lived with the Swedes. It is well 

 known, that the Indians are excellent run- 

 ners ; I have feen them, at Governor Jobn- 

 Jtiis, equal the b.eft horfe, in its fwifteft 



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