| Show cantere qi S frogs i hoys boys are personally interested interest I 1 edin in frogs boys anil and snakes and natural ests boys usually make their 0 observe ob serva eions by means of a triple hook book and a piece of red flannel but a boy in connecticut known to the it writer took look fir tw twenty euty eight one av with his 6 bare r a hands bands ID connecticut is a fino fine state for arg ayos there at old windham wat eras fo fought bight chef the famous famous the frogs etwas it was during the i french and in dlan war in 1753 1 ai wind windham uni was the then the most important im town 0 of eastern connecticut colonel dyer a prominent bifi raising an cioc army 1 ta so oppose the indians at t crown point the to town wn ws is il alive na with ex excitement cit ement ona very ey dark night the were amak awakened ened by stranger strange sounds and at 0 once 11 e 61 thought the ilia tans were aon efiem helzing Sel seizing zing guns I 1 swords sword und and axis th thai 1 men rushed rued out to meet the ene enemy MY mut nt no enemy was to be seen still they felt felta a force of french and indians must lie be at hand fox hoarse voices could b be e heard talling calling for windhams Wind wi hams prominent prom in military leaders leadem colonel dyer and toor too 1 colonel D dyer y ef and elderkin toor too the town was up all night when day broke the mystery m akery was accident ally aily solved A mile abay away from the v village laya lay a mg big marshy hy pond inhabited vy by myriads of di frogs i A drought had nearly dried up the water redu 1 7 ing it to a tiny streamlet are am let and for tm this is scanty supply the poor thirsty crea ture durej 5 had fought each other until thousands lay dead dad 0 on either side of the rill this chis attl tHade windham famous yea ra the inhabitants felt badly tea teasel cel ar aad d insulted by its mention menti sow naw ho however wever the story is no nd longer a joke but buci a prized tradition r m C snake are acqua as fond of frogs as aas the traditional diGnal tra fre frenchman lich mall who efte esteemed emed them a delicacy A fro frog has often been found swallowed d whole and I 1 alive in a slang slaughtered 11 snake oile oae snake known L id t 6 a of the aron acler fared badly enough by yh y h his eed reed for his favorite dainty ile h lowed ons one frog and ibin had edgr arted t ed io to crau crawl d th through a crevice in a stand wall before he had dragged dragga through lils hisen enair tira i ili he espied aan another er ddll fello ow wand and look h him im I 1 in n i thereupon her e he lound found himself securely se t botn am n U ancier tae bl bleto a toma move re either w aynali as 1 batched atch h edby by the spectator 1 naturalists Natura 4 at lists consider the f frog aa a ejary a interesting fellow and a her er 0 aseer F eav ant peo learned med cu curious ous facts fac concerning these amphibious creatures c ll 11 A gentleman liying living in the southern paa bartot I 1 of france hai hotd 1 a ye very ax jarge rge frog pond p md on his grounds and was fond of sWi studying swilling lying the habits babits of alts inhabitants one day he saw a great chang changed chan gem the appearance a p a ot 9 f a certain frog of which 7 he had made a pet jt its abiff if it hadin had in some way I 1 acquired acquire a a pak pair of the puffed breeches which gent lenyn used to wear in the courts of james A s the first of england and 0 pt haiie this change made him curious to know what it meant and alf all tae the more so be i found thai almost ever every y day more mora and more of the frogs mere m ere wearing the same queer looking things by walt ching in z carefully raully ca the gentleman found the carte car te of the strange st ra nr e new article a tiie of frog fro dress the mother frog it seems considers that her duty is discharged when she lailand lail av laid ald her eggs these au all abher i together form forming ing asi L long chain of man many links As soon as she has deposited i these e ou on tle bank 0 athe 1 pona she hops jious away scein to forget all about theral and they would never hatch haic hout out if the father brov frog did not come to the itescu rescue 11 wi with tk 19 iio little difficulty difficult y he winds theses the chains of eggs around his hir own thighs thus pro producing ducin appearance nce of the puffed breeches he ha then proceeds to hide himself among alongi tye the marshy grasses gris ses around th 1 9 e i pond until the I 1 aggs f g gs are ready to hatch out then he goes into thew the water ater in a little while the shells bursts burst jell letting out oat the young tadpoles which immediately in in ea lately swim away away without P s so much as a thank you c 1 another very motherly father of tn frog brog family is found in south go d I 1 america he is provided with a large sac cac 0 or r pouch extends oter the whole surface of ail be bally effly from froin the month downwards dow awards is no external opening eni g into this tuii s sa c ancl when mr darum darivs ast first salvas sair 4 carls ra frag apparently 1 swallowing tle ggs eggs e he thought he was the arst versi 1 kind of u t fellow to le be eiting eating his I 1 pw children ch a 1 but this thought wasa lizs i a great grea t injustice on 0 opening p the frog i bogs tnora auth mr darium dig digerud discor ered that chaton on ea eacle ch side of the thong tongue vez I 1 was wag an aperture down own which k the eggs roll rolled d into 2 the sac sac which soon eoon became becam i c distended with them L I 1 As the eggs ha hatch teh out aa t this 12 is sac the toung joans frogs ft find nd A their I 1 dir I 1 wey way up careful fathers and tl thence ce out ut and a away i w ay fa inlo 16 6 tle the j pond oid f which L is to them the wide w 0 f 1 1 I denver Se publican ibolica 11 S ai f 0 |
