thrown into the ponds. The haUs are light and for a few minutes Boat hke corks while the fish 

 push them ahout with their noses in the etTorts to eat them; after a time, becoming water soaked, 

 the\' gradualK' disintegiate, sink, antl are dexoured. 



The goldfish is a common theme in Japanese decorative and industrial art, and is a favorite 

 subject for biological investigation. Some of the leading men of science of Japan have delved into 

 the natural historv of this fish, and have written most entertainingly of its various phases. Being 

 a plastic material, the goldfish when skillfully bied, yields many surprises to the biologist as 

 well as to the cultivator. 



Oris:iti of the Goldfish and its Culture in Japciii 



;\Ian\- things that have been firmly established in Japan f. ir centuries in reality had their origin 

 in China, and among the more noteworthy of these is the highly colored cultixated variety of gold- 

 fish. The goldfish is possiblv native to Japan, and fish having the dull coloration and simple form 

 of the original wild species are found in oi)en waters all o\er Japan, but in some cases these are 

 as likely to have been the progeny of fish, that escaped from prixate ponds and re\-erted to the wild 



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