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newing of the Water fufRcicntly often: which 

 is not much to be wondered at, fince Fifli 

 will be the fame in fome Degree; that is, 

 the Fins and Tail will mortify, and diflblve 

 into a Qimy Subftance, by being kept in ftale 

 Water : for ftagnating Water grows putrid, 

 and becomes a Kind of Menjiruum to all 

 animal Subftances infufed therein; and the 

 Water with thefe Creatures is rendered 

 much fooner fo, by the Faces they difgorge 

 into it, converted into a Kind of Slime, fatal 

 to them if not cleared away: the Mucus 

 from their own Bodies contributes likewife 

 greatly thereto. 



In {hifting the Water, it is not enough to 

 pour it off, but they muft all be taken out, 

 and the Veffel rubbed clean from the flimy 

 Sediment adhering to the Bottom or Sides: 

 other wife the Mifchief will not be cffedlual- 

 ly prevented. My Way has always been, 

 every two Days, to loofen their Tails from 

 the Sides or Bottom of the Glafs; then (hak- 

 ing the Water gently round, I pour it and 

 them into a Chijia Bafon, whilfl I rub and 

 cleanfe the Glafs perfcdly; after which fill- 

 ing it v.'ith frefli Water, I take them up one 

 by one, with a Qiiill cut Scoop Fafhion, and 

 replace them in the Glafs. This may be 

 thought a little troublefome, but hereby I 

 have been fo fortunate as fcarce to lofe a 

 fingle Polype, 



When 



