Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-05-25
Correspondence Of the Beacon.l
SCOTLAND. 1ID-. Nay e, 1893,

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s / was familiar with the fact that q GER
tain kind Of frogs were edible, in truth
. delicacy, and had read OF the method
of catching them. but had never seen
them caught. so when ] was invited by
my friends @. and c. 90 go with them IN
an expedition around the pods, I was
delighted at the prospect of witnessing
a novel sight.
With our outfit of lanterns, gum boots,
old clothes, sacks for the frogs, etc, we
started about dusk for the grounds which
we reached after a few minutes walk
Nv friends were not long donning their
frogging apparel. and with lantern in
left hand TO dazzle the frog, while the
right was free to catch il. they were soon
down 10 business. was content TO fol-
low around and look on, in which
found mach amusement. Getting to the
frogs was no easy work as much wading
over soft, muddy bottom was required.
All went well for awhile and an oc-
casionsl frog was being picked up, when
an incident of rather a serio-comic char
acter occurred. Friend G. had not been
cautious enough. In his attempt 10 get
a frog that proved TO be $50 near and
yet so far" he became fast stuck in the
mud. Yes, there he was, quite up to his
waist, lantern in left hand, sack dang
ling from under one arESeGd with pipe
In his mouth.
At first, we paid very little attention
to him, as he had pretended being stuck
several times before. but when he cried
out ''for Gods sake get pole and get
it quickly, am sinking all the time,"
friend G. struck of at gait unsurpass-
ed, am confident. on any previous oc-
casion to get one. Meantime, l was do
ing all / could towards administering
words of consolation and encourage
ment. But strange, indeed, to relate,
that even in his precarious situation, he
kept his eye on that frog just little be-
yond his reach. After having tried sew
concentrated all his energies for a last
supreme effort which proved too much
for the mud's grip. Out he came, little
by little, but, by the way, wonderful
again, instead of going to the nearest
bank, which he could almost reach, he
struggled in the direction of that frog
and brought it along and out with him.
At this juncture, friend c. came up,
out of breath, heroically bearing great
piece of wood-a cross between log
and fence-rail-and which under ordi-
nary circumstances he doubtless could
not have raised
We were glad to have friend G.. out of
the mud, and he was not bit sorry to
be out. for he said he was never so scared
in his life-but not enough to forget
that frog.
Well, we soon saw the funny side of
the incident and laughed plenty Bus
mess was again resumed, but with lit
tie more waryness. The boys Rugged
the banks pretty closely, not caring to
have another setto with the mud.
As to myself, while had much fun, l
had also terribly awkward time with
the muskrat leads. / was almost as
often in a hole as out and all in all we
were tired mud bedraggled trio by the
time we reached the starting point
Here we took breathing spell aud
counted our frogs, which were not many
but very fine. The tobacco bag then
went around, and with lighted pipes, we
pulled ourselves together for home
Friend G. proposed another expedition
for the next night, but when the time
came, he was complaining very much of
still and painful joints, and thought he
had not sufficiently recovered from his
encounter on the previous night, to re-
| peat the experience.
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