The Toad Amphibians 
Take a tin or agate pan or a deep earthenware 
washbowl to some pond where tadpoles live. 
Take some of the small stones from the bottom 
and at the sides of the pond, lifting them very 
gently so as not to disturb what is growing on their 
surface. Place these stones on the bottom of the 
pan, building up one side higher than the other, 
so that the water will be more shallow on one side 
than on the other; a stone or two should project 
above the water. 
Take some of the mud and leaves from the bottom 
of the pond, being careful not to disturb them, and 
place upon the stones. 
Take some of the plants found growing under 
water in the pond and plant them among the stones. 
Carry the pan thus prepared back to the house 
and place it where the sun will not shine directly 
upon it. 
Bring a pail of water from the pond and pour it 
very gently in at one side of the pan, so as not to 
disarrange the plants; fill the pan nearly to the brim. 
After the mud has settled and the water is per- 
fectly clear, place in it some of the tadpoles which 
should be hatched in a glass aquarium. Not more 
than a dozen should be put in a pan of this size, since 
the amount of food and microscopic plants which 
are on the stones in the mud, will afford food for 
only a few tadpoles. 
Every week add a little more mud from the bottom 
of the pond or another stone covered with slime, 
which is probably some plant growth. More water 
from the pond should be added to replace that 
evaporated. 
Care should be taken that the tadpole aquarium 
be kept where the sun will not shine directly upon it 
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