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gusto ; and, as already indicated, wild ducks and 

 herons have a predilection for such dainties. Even 

 when beyond the reach of these enemies, the life of 

 a frog is a hazardous one, as fish, especially pike and 

 trout, devour them greedily. We have seen a large 

 Salmo ferox landed with a net in Loch Garry, in the 

 stomach of which there were discovered five adult 

 frogs. These big fish are most shy to tempt with 

 a line ; but taking the hint from the one just men- 

 tioned, we secured a frog, tied a double hook along his 

 back by a thread round the armpits, and fixed it to 

 eight or ten yards of line, on the end of which was 

 a distended bladder. Putting out the frog in the 

 centre of the loch, he was set ofi" to "paddle his own 

 canoe." The bladder drifted slowly before the wind, 

 while we watched with interest for a considerable 

 time, but saw nothing to indicate that the frog had 

 been interfered with. Commencing to fish with the 

 rod, we succeeded in securing some fine trout, but 

 occasionally turned to watch the white bladder, now 

 a long distance off, floating on the level surface of the 

 lake. When quite a mile and a half distant, we 



