FROGS, TOADS AND SOME GRAY-HAIRED LIES 445 



ticed particularly in one which had taken its posi- 

 tion under an electric light in front of a hotel on 

 Lake Chelan. The light attracted 



MANY LARGE BEETLES 



and moths, which were gobblecj up by the toad 

 whenever they fell at his feet; but in approaching 

 his quarry this toad walked around like a lizard, 

 and did not hop, although the distance covered was 

 often three or four feet at a stretch. 



It often happens that frogs and snakes are born 

 "queer," that is, they are fit subjects for museum 

 freaks. I once owned a toad with 



FIVE LEGS; 



I charged a pin for each leg, thaj: is, five pins, to 

 see it, and did a big business; but here is the photo- 

 graph of a frog with three hind legs that would 

 have made my fortune. A frog is much more 

 graceful than a toad and more difficult to capture, 

 and all this gives him additional value as a drawing 

 card for a show. 



"FIVE PINS! FIVE PINS TO SEE!" 



Five pins to see a five-legged toad! It was a 

 genuine five-legged toad, that is, it had three fore 



