132 Who would lead the life of a frog? Chapt. ix. 



or two, hanging in a motionless straight line directly 

 down to the frog, by which again it is mainly hid; it is 

 also generally difficult to see in the shade of the hush. 



The whole method of haiting is so simple and so effec- 

 tive, that it might he adopted with advantage for pike in 

 England, for they also have a tooth for frog, though not 

 quite such an one perhaps as the murrel:* so the little 

 wrinkle is thrown out. 



In shallow edged tanks with no overhanging bushes 

 the same method is adapted by a native wading in near- 

 ly up to his armpits, with three thin pieces of bamboo, 

 which he sticks into the mud, with their bases well apart 

 and their tops together, so as to form a tripod; and from 

 the point where they meet he drops his frog just as he did 

 from the fork of the overhanging bough, and the other 

 end of the line is made taught on the shore. One man 

 ordinarily manages three such lines, radiating out from 

 the point where he sits on the shore, to spots twenty, or 

 thirty, yards apart in the tank. If the tank is covered 

 with weeds, a small clearing is made for the tripod and 

 bait, and though this may disturb the locality while bait- 

 ing it does not matter. Cockroaches are also used for 

 such fishing, but in what exact method I cannot say. I 

 know however that you may safely repose confidence in 

 a frog. 



Ah me! who would be a frog? To "lead the life of a 

 "dog" is nothing to leading the life of a frog. On land 



* "For John. P. 

 "Robinson. He 

 "Says they don't know every thing down in Judee." 



