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in grass ; but you must be careful not to allow the 

 least chink of light, if you would save them from 

 vain efforts to escape. They should be hooked 

 under the skin of the back. A little fold only 

 need be pierced, and the frog will live a long time. 



TROUT FISHING WITH THE GRASSHOPPER AND 

 CRICKET. 



All through the summer and autumn the angler 

 can find the bass and perch ready for his lures ; 

 and amid such a wealth of sport he must not for- 

 get that the trout fishing closes long before the 

 bass ceases to feed. A few golden days are there 

 on most streams containing the " Apollo of the 

 fountains," when the grasshopper and cricket are 

 a delicious bonne bouche to the trout. At such 

 times let my pupil collect a goodly number of 

 the real-legged grasshopper (for he it is who is 

 the prime favorite), and also a goodly number of the 

 black field-cricket. He can get the former with a 

 butterfly net wherever they abound, and the latter 

 are to be got in this wise. Strip off any pieces of 

 loose bark from dying trees, and lay it near to 

 fences where the crickets can crawl, and there be 

 discovered. Let the wood remain overnight, and 



