32 FAMILIAR LIFE IN FIELD AND FOREST. 



There are often as many discords as there are har- 

 monies, I will admit ; but there, again, is Nature's 

 euggestiveness. She simply suggests the harmony, 

 and we assimilate it ; a little imagination does the 

 rest, and "jug o' rum, jug o' rum, more rum, more 

 rum " is quite a justifiable simile, although it reflects 

 on the character of the woodsman more than it does 

 on that of the batrachian. There is a humorous fit- 

 ting of tones to syllables often scraped on the bass 

 viol during an intermission of the string orchestra, run- 

 ning thus : n , . K , K , 7- Hum those tones to 

 a musician I ( i \) '' /^ V J ' 2 f and his response is 



^ r^■^i^n ^-e What'll you havf to drink? •,• j.i 



a smiie oi ^ recognition ; they 



suggest but one idea to the German mind — beer. 

 I am inclined to think the American woodsman is 

 responsible for the suggestive syllables connected 

 with the bullfrog's sonorous croak. 



The bullfrog prefers the larger bodies of water, 

 especially where these are surrounded by evergreen 

 forests, and he haunts the shores where thickets and 

 underbrush make his home inaccessible. The voice is 

 not heard until the arrival of warm weather, and it 

 continues through every evening during the sum- 

 mer ; it may occasionally be heard for a distance of 

 two miles. 



Dr. Gamier points out certain similar charac- 

 teristics of the three species, Rana septentrio- 



