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may be replaced in a few minutes by new material. A very 

 small hole will allow the frog to escape. 



The reason for the bending of the ring, so as to form an 

 angle with the handle, is that one can, without reaching 

 down too low, clap the ring and net flat against the ground, 

 a thing which cannot very easily be done if the handle lies 

 in the plane of the ring. 



The ordinary net used for landing fish is of no use to catch 

 frogs, as the handle is too long and the net has too large a 

 mesh. 



Iron or copper netting should not be used for a frog-net, 

 because, although it is durable and lasting, it does not per- 

 mit one to grasp the frog while the ring is against the ground, 

 and three times out of four one will lose his frog in attempt- 

 ing to get it from under the ring. In addition, there is also 

 the danger of injuring the frog by striking it with the metallic 

 netting". 



With mosquito-netting, the frog, as soon as he is covered, 

 jumps up, becomes entangled in the netting, and at once 

 works his way to the apex of the cone-shaped bag, where 

 it may be easily seized from outside along with the netting, 

 and dropped into the frog box, without chance of injury. 

 Usually one can find frogs in shallow, marshy places, where 

 there is a sand beach, during the summer months of July 

 and August. 



It is difficult to find them in spring or fall, or in cool 

 weather, as they seem to dislike a temperature below 70° 

 or 80° F., and when the days are cool, hide in the mud or 

 crawl under stones. 



It is almost as laborious to catch frogs on any given 

 day as to take bass; for they are easily frightened and, after 

 being once chased, become exceedingly wary. 



Crayfish, which may sometimes be used as bait, especially 

 if they be small and tender, are caught by wading along the 

 edge of a shore which is strewn with broken rock. On rais- 



