1 8 THE HISTORY OF AQUARIA. 



very fortunate in having men who are well known as 

 naturalists at the head of our large aquaria. Thus 

 Mr. Henry Lee has charge of that at Brighton. Mr. 

 W. Saville-Kent was for some time curator of the 

 Manchester Aquarium ; afterwards he partly super- 

 intended the erection of one at Yarmouth, and later 

 was naturalist to the extensive aquarium recently 

 built at Westminster. Mr. W. A. Lloyd had charge 

 of the well-known Crystal Palace Aquarium since its 

 opening in 1871 ; whilst at Southport there is a 

 careful and diligent naturalist superintending the 

 aquarium in Mr. C. L. Jackson. 



We may regard the establishment of the Crystal 

 Palace Aquarium as an important epoch in the history 

 of the great public aquaria in this country. That at 

 Brighton came into existence subsequently ; although 

 the Bill for it had been long obtained ; and the fact that 

 the latter paid a good dividend (always an important 

 one) was sufficient to induce companies to start those 

 at Manchester, Southport, Yarmouth, and elsewhere. 

 The size of the Crystal Palace Aquarium is 400 feet 

 long by 70 feet broad, whilst the frontage of the tanks 

 amounts to 390 feet. There are sixty large tanks 

 exhibited, besides those held as reserve. These con- 

 tain 20,000 gallons of sea water, whilst there is a 

 large storage reservoir which holds 100,000 gallons 

 more. The largest of these tanks is 20 feet in length, 

 and holds 4000 gallons of sea water. The animals 

 within the large tanks are viewed through the glass 



