
GOLDFISH BREEDS 

bronzes are accurate re-productions of fishes bred by them. Some of these 
are so astonishing in form and colors that to the layman they would appear 
to be willful exaggerations or caricatures, but to the experienced goldfish 
culturist are easily within 
the range of possibility 
and may be accepted by 
him without question. 
This tendency to varia- 
tion on the part of the 
bbe: goldfish is one of the 
BIG: dai_The White Ret principal points of inter- 
Dorsal view Two-thirds life size est in its culture, as any 
alevin may have a distinct character of its own and be either a wonder in 
its way or a“‘sport” not worth the trouble of raising. It should be stated 
that young fishes of marked abnormality do not usually survive which is 
very often also the case with those considered the most perfect by the 
fancier. 

Description of the Goldfishes Depicted by De Sauvigny 
This illustrated memoir of Chinese goldfishes is in the possession of 
the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and is entitled 
Histoire Naturelle Des Dorades de la Chine, 
Gravées par M. F. N. Martinet, Ingénieur et Graveur du Cabinet du Roi, 
Accompagnée d’Observations et d’ Anecdotes relatives aus Usages, aus 
Meers et au Gouvernement de cet Empire, 
par M. De Sauvigny, 
Chevalier de !’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis, Censeur Royal, &c. 
a Paris, 
De |’ Imprimerie de Louis Jorry, reu de la Huchette, prés du 
Petit-Chatelet. 
MDCCLXXX 
Avec Approbation et Privelege du Roi. 
It consists of forty-eight finely colored plates, and of twenty-four 
pages of text principally descriptive of the Chinese realm, government, laws 
and literature. The brief mention of the goldfishes occurs in the Preface 
and in the short article proper, a literal translation of which follows. 
“Of the different species of goldfishes of China the one known in 
Europe is the least thought of there. The stories of our travelers and the 
history of Pere du Halde have only given a very imperfect idea and in 
several respects even a false one.” 
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