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WILD LIFE AT HOME. 



FROG. 



Frogs are common enough almost everywhere, 

 and are extremely easy to study and photograph. 

 I once kept one as a pet in a little suburban garden, 

 and we became great friends, I used to feed him 

 with flies and worms until he would almost take 

 them from my hand. He used to examine my 

 contributions to his dietary for a few seconds in a 

 wise sort of way, and then, darting out his long 

 tongue with the quickness of a flash of lightning, 

 literally pitch the food down his throat. I do not 

 believe it is generally known that a frog's tongue is 

 differently hung to that of nearly every other living- 

 creature. It is attached to the front part of the 

 under jaw, and when at rest points down the animal's 

 gullet. 



My tame friend was very fond of bluebottle flies, 

 but I could never get him to tackle a wasp under 



