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orative effect is desired. They are perfectly hardy over winter in a deep 

 pool or where they may burrow in leaves or soft mud. The type breeds 

 quite true to form and many thousands of them are raised annually for 



Fig. 10. The Scaled Comet 

 the trade. A few years ago there was a wonderful strain of scaleless 

 comets of deep, oxblood red color. Unfortunately this was lost and 

 present-day breeders with scaleless stock that could be so crossed as to 

 produce scaleless comets find it more profitable to utilize their spare time 

 and energy in propagating other breeds. 



Fig. 11. The Shubunkin 



