208 ARTS AND CRAFTS OF GUIANA INDIANS [BTH. ANN. 38 
it some heavy blows with an ax. I asked why he did that. He 
said it was to let the cayman hear that something was going on. . . 
(W, 262). 
218. Frogs and toads, as well as their larve and eggs, constitute 
an equally interesting feature of the Indian menu. From Enaco 
village, toward the upper Potaro, B. Brown describes certain pits 
for trapping frogs in connection with a small, dry, circular pond, 
having its bottom all grass covered. It was situated in a small clear- 
ing some 50 yards in diameter, and had evidently been artificially 
made. In the center of this the guide paused and directed my atten- 
tion to numbers of small circular pits that had been dug all over the 
bottom of the pond. These averaged from 3 to 6 feet in diameter 
and from 6 to 8 feet in depth. Leaning against a tree on one side was 
a bundle of sticks with slightly curved ends. Selecting one, the 
lic. 64.—Multiple hook for alligator. (After Waterton.) 
guide stooped down, and stirring up a large mass of gelatinous froth 
in the bottom of a pit, dislodged a small flesh-colored frog, which he 
tapped on the head. In the grass around the pits’ mouths were also 
patches of this froth containing little white frogs’ eggs about half 
the size of peas. These frogs are considered great delicacies by the 
Indians, and the pits are dug to entrap them when they come to the 
spot to deposit their eggs (BB, 196). After being gutted and pre- 
pared with the “ butter” from turtles’ eggs, certain frogs’ larve are 
eaten by Indians on the lower Amazon (S—M, 1m, 954). In Surinam, 
when meat and fish are scarce, the Trio eat toad eggs raw (GO, 5). 
219. Snakes.—Brett reports having seen a man creep on his hands 
and knees and capture a kolokonaro (land camudi) by means of 
a noose which he dropped over its head with a forked stick as it was 
raised to look at the intruder (Br, 19). Schomburgk speaks of his 
Indian servant throwing a rope sling over the head of a camudi, 16 
