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said that this variety was produced about fifty years ago in Osaka 

 by crossing the preceding variety with the next variety. The fish 

 of this variety attains the length of about one foot. It is more 

 hardy than the preceding variety and is easy to keep. There is a 

 subvariety called Hiroshima, the peculiarity of which is the 

 presence of a large prominent wart on each side of the snout. 



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"When special attention is not paid to the rearing of the fish, warts 

 do not come out at all. 



Next comes the variety called Bukin or Nagasaki (Fig. 3). The 

 body is elongated and laterally compressed, the head pointed, the 

 caudal fin very large, the other fins normal in size, and the anal fin 

 generally paired. This variety does not attain a large size, only 



about the size of Maruko (Variety 1). But it is very hardy. It is 

 not so much esteemed as the preceding two varieties, and con- 

 secpiently small pains are taken in its selection. 



The fourth variety is called Wakin. It is the common goldfish, 



