TOADS AND FROGS 



sun. Even now the horrid tragedy that I 

 found when I got home comes vividly back to 

 my mind. The island was dry and brown, 

 its ferns and mosses withered and dead, and, 

 worst of all, the poor little frogs dried up and 

 dead too ! 



So my advice to those who wish to rear 

 tadpoles is, do not leave the bowl where the 

 sun may shine upon it, and, as the little frogs 

 are difficult to find the right sort of food for, 

 let them go as soon as they are frogs. 



(The particulars of the British Frogs and Toads are 

 as follows : Rana tempwaria, the Common Frog, 

 plentiful everywhere ; R. esculenta, found in a few 

 places in the eastern countries of England, and pro- 

 bably originally introduced from the Continent ; the 

 Common Toad, Bufo vulgaris, numerous throughout 

 the country ; and the Natterjack, B. calamito, which 

 is found in widely separated parts of the country, but 

 is nowhere plentiful.) 



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