CHAPTER XXVIII 



FROGS, TOADS AND SOME GRAY-HAIRED LIES 



AMBROSE PAKE'S TOAD YARN WERE THERE NATURE FAKIRS 

 IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN ? GEORGE WILSON WALLS UP A 

 TOAD LIVE FROG SIX HUNDRED FEET UNDER GROUND 

 THE TOAD'S EYES SHONE WITH UNUSUAL BRILLIANCY 

 WAS PLINY A NATURE FAKIR ? DR. BUCKLAND's EXPERI- 

 MENTS THE AUTHOR'S BULLFROG FROGS DEVOUR OTHER 



FROGS, INSECTS AND ANYTHING THAT WIGGLES FROGS 

 WILL NOT WILLINGLY EAT DEAD ANIMALS BATTLE 

 BETWEEN FROG AND MOUSE FROG ATTEMPTS TO EAT 

 A GREAT HORNED OWL GIGANTIC TOADS OF SWAN 

 RIVER A TOAD STONE OF MACDONALD RIVER A 

 TOAD WITH THREE FRONT LEGS AND A TOAD WITH 

 THREE HIND LEGS COWS WITH SIX LEGS NEW ZEALAND 

 FROG WITH SIX LEGS TWO-HEADED TURTLE FREAK 

 FISHES A DANIEL BOONE LAND TORTOISE AN INTEMPER 

 ATE TOAD PHOTOGRAPHING A TOAD IN THE ACT OF SING- 

 ING TOAD CATCHES GOLD FISH HOW LONG DOES A TOAD 

 LIVE ? 



There have been so many nature fake stories 

 told about frogs and toads, and these stories have 

 been received with such faith by even intelligent 

 ople that it makes it dangerous for one to tell the 

 th. For a- well established lie is much preferred 

 the multitude to an aggressive self-seeking truth, 

 ' the lies about frogs are many of them so old 

 nd venerable that we must treat them with defer- 

 ence and respect for fear of shocking the sensibili- 



