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hook ; the frog opens his mouth to bellow out, 

 c You're drunk,' c you're drunk.' When the 

 canoe is only two yards distant the rod is made 

 ready. If a rapid, well-directed, upward move- 

 ment is made with the hook, bull-frog is caught 

 just under the chin. These creatures are often as 

 large as pigeons, and their kicking and struggling 

 give much excitement, and, I fear, amusement. 

 If the angler misses his mark entirely, he may 

 be permitted to make another attempt, but the 

 slightest touch or scratch is followed by a jump 

 and splash, and bull-frog has gone for ever. 

 The legs are the only edible part of these 

 frogs. 



" During the afternoon Underhill took Mac, and 

 I went with Kendall. He had decided to row 

 me to the further end of Crane Lake, where he had 

 previously visited a place notorious for wild duck. 

 The voyage was very enjoyable. We skirted the 

 wooded banks hoping to snipe a deer, and several 

 times we flushed small flocks of duck. Finally, 

 we went ashore at an isolated bay some five or six 

 miles south. 



c< It took some time to plan out the route, and 

 when we had done so we lost ourselves twice, and 

 had to return to the boat for a hunting-knife 



