New Jerfey, Rapaapo. iy~ 



courfe, and almoft pafs by it. Therefore, 

 in order to try how well the bull-frogs 

 could leap, fome of the Swedes laid a wager 

 with a young Indian, that he could not 

 overtake the frog, provided it had two leaps 

 before hand. They carried a bull-frog, 

 which they had caught in a pond, upon a 

 field, and burnt his back-fide; the fire, and 

 the Indian, who endeavoured to be clofely 

 up with the frog, had fuch an effecl upon 

 the animal, that it made its long hops 

 acrofs the field, as fan: as it could. The In- 

 dian began to purfue the frog with all his 

 might ^ at the proper time : the noife he 

 made in running frightened the poor frog ; 

 probably it was afraid of being tortured 

 with fire again, and therefore it°redoubled 

 its leaps, and by that means it reached the 

 pond before the Indian could over- take it. 



In fome years they are more numerous 

 than in others : nobody could tell, whether 

 the fnakes had ever ventured to eat them, 

 though they eat all theleffer kinds of frogs. 

 The women are no friends to thefe froo- s , 

 becaufe they kill and eat young ducklings 

 and goilings : fometimes they carry off 

 chickens that come too near the ponds. I 

 have not obferved that they bite when they 

 are held in the hands, though they have 

 little teeth ; when they are beaten, they cry 



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