RIVER GARDENS; 



means for displaying his gymnastic skill lie will 

 exhibit some very pretty antics ; sometimes suspend- 

 ing himself by one foot from a lateral branch, or 

 holding on to four as distant twigs as possible by 

 each of his globule-tipped feet. These little globules 

 at the extremity of each toe are the additions to his 

 structure which make him a climber, while his 

 relative, the common Marsh Frog, unfurnished with 

 these appendages, is compelled to remain a traveller 

 on level ground; his power of leaping, however, 

 being, as is well known, very remarkable 



The colouring of the Climbing Prog is very pleas- 

 ing. His full, soft green not varnished, as in the 

 common Frog, but only having what painters term an 

 egg-shell gloss is a very beautiful colour, something 

 like that of the gem termed aquamarine, if it were 

 but opaque, like the turquoise, instead of being 

 semi-transparent. His sides are ornamented with a 

 very delicate lateral streak of white, which seems 

 like a line of demarcation between the upper and 

 nether portions of the body ; and immediately 

 under it is a narrow band of deep ruddy brown, 

 which gives it a very bright effect; the brown 

 shading suddenly off to grey, which eventually 

 fades into a porcelain white beneath. This ele- 

 gant little creature has, in fact, more the ap- 





