FROG-HUNTING 



the coming in of a light boat does not seem 

 to alarm them. Frog-legs are sold in the 

 market according to size and by the dozen. 



Shooting frogs is quite another matter, 

 and requires skill with the rifle and patience 

 in stalking. The bull-frog on the bank is 

 quite a different party from the bull-frog in 

 the pool, and he views with the utmost sus- 

 picion any attempt to cultivate his acquaint- 

 ance. When alarmed he will launch out into 

 space and dive down into the water with a 

 more or less resounding " plunk," according 

 to his size. He is morbidly alert to ap- 

 proaching footsteps, and is willing to vacate 

 a nice cool spot on the edge of a pond or lake 

 at any time when he hears a man or boy ap- 

 proaching, so that stalking him successfully 

 requires a keen eye and some knowledge of 

 the wily frog. Just as his stupidity in the 

 water is apparent, so is his sagacity on land 

 patent to his foes. Sometimes there will be a 

 dozen frogs squatted along one little stretch 

 beside a pond, and usually as one leaps into 

 the water the rest follow, one after another, 

 with hollow " plunks," until the shore is bare. 



To shoot them before they jump is the 



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