270 Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 



insects, but I have taken from its maw small frogs and 

 fish. Once, while fishing in the Adirondacks with 

 "Jack" Sheppard, the guide, a great bullfrog plunked 

 in the water and soon climbed the log again, swallow- 

 ing something. 



"That fellow's got a fish," said Jack. 



"Don't believe it. His splash would scare a fish, and 



Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleghaniensis). 



he can't s\\ im fast enough to catch a fish. Let's catch 

 him and see." 



"For the cigars at Bennett's?" 



"For the cigars. He never got a fish in that short 

 time, after that plunk." 



Jack reeled in his line until it vras about the length 

 of the rod, while I slowly paddled and drifted up to the 

 batrachian. Jack swung the fly above his nose, and be 



