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happened to be a quantity of chaff and grain strewed over 

 the ground, which attracted a crowd of sparrows to the 

 spot. The movement of the birds hopping about and peck- 

 ing the grain, soon aroused the frog, which evinced its 

 interest, by raising itself on the hind legs, and vibrating 

 the body rapidly backwards, without breaking cover from 

 under the timber. At length one of the sparrows came 

 sufficiently near, when the frog in one spring of some four 

 feet, threw itself most accurately on the bird, and seized it in 

 an instant, taking the head, neck, and body, at once into its 

 gape. It then sprang back to its cover, and was vigorously 

 engaged in swallowing the bird, when Mr. Wright, who was 

 attentively watching what was going on, pushed the frog into 

 a corner, where he was able to seize it, and after a deter- 

 mined resistance compelled the reptile to disgorge its prey. 

 The sparrow had some life remaining when drawn out. 



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For a series of months past, we have been flattered by the re-appear- 

 ance of articles from our pages in large editorial type in the India Re- 

 view. Sometimes a small asterisk, and still smaller foot note indicate 

 the source from whence they were taken, but as nothing would be 

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 ture, by Mr. Griffith, the botanist, in which the author's name is altoge- 

 ther omitted, and the article inserted as if it were taken from Mr. 

 Speede's Hand- Book of Gardening, which forms the preceding subject. 



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