Frobisher Strait
a passage between the W. side of Davis Strait and the N. side of Hudson Strait, is 240 miles long, with an average breadth of 20. It is not of any practical value as a channel of communication; and in fact it has been very seldom visited by vesmiles long, with an average breadth of covered in 1576 by Sir Martin Frobisher, an energetic English navigator. it has been very seldom visited by ves- AUGUST, a German educator. Born in 1782 in Thuringia, his boyhood was unmorbid introspection. At the age of fifteen he was apprenticed to a forester, usually sad and his days were spent in morbid introspection. At the age of to center his attention upon any one vo- cation, he spent the early years of manafter which time he attended for a few months the University of Jena. Unable to center his attention upon any one vocation, he spent the early years of manfame. Although his school was closed by In 1816, when he was 34 years of age, he the reactionary officials, its influence on education in Germany was considerable. gan the work which was to give him fame. Although his school was closed by education in Germany was considerable. the reactionary officials, its influence on In 1835, with the encouragement of the his death in 1852. Fröbel was the founder of the Kindergarten and his principles in reference to the methods of instruction for children between the ages of four and twelve are recognized as fundamental in modern educational practice.
FRÖBEL, JULIUS, a German pub- July 16, 1805; was active in the popular movements preceding and during 1848. cal drama; "Theory of Politics" (1861- 1864) "America; Experiences, Studies and Travels" (1857-1858), and "A System of Social Politics" (1847). He died in Zürich, Switzerland, Nov. 6, 1893.
English name of the amphibious genus FROG, in zoölogy, (1) singular, the Rana, and particularly of the species Rana temporaria, or common frog. The English name of the amphibious genus Rana temporaria, or common frog. The genus Rana is distinguished from its out claws; they are, how. congeners by having the tongue and tympanum distinct, the skin smooth, and the toes without ever, pointed, and the hinder feet are united almost to the tips by a memknown to require description. It buries brane. The common frog is too well known to require description. It buries itself in the mud at the approach of winter, reappearing in the spring. In the month of March it lays its eggs, female deposits from 600 to 1,200 eggs terial, in water, where they float. Each a year. By April they begin to hatch. are called tadpoles. They have tails, no The immature frogs which come forth legs, breath by gills, and are aquatic. fully developed, the tail is absorbed, and Six or eight weeks later the legs are is found in most parts of this country, they quit the water. The common frog in Europe, in the N. parts of Asia, and the eatable frog, common on the Euroin Europe, in the N. parts of Asia, and pean continent. R. pipiens is the bullpean continent. R. pipiens is the bullfrog of North America, and R. clamitans FROHMAN (2) Plural frogs; the family Ranidæ of which Rana is the type. They have a thick body, destitute of tail; feet four, long, muscular and adapted for leaping; the larva elongate, fish-like, tailed, and without legs; the gills four on each side.
The family does not include the tree frogs, which are ranked as HYLIDE.
In farriery, a kind of tender horny substance growing in the middle of a horse's foot.