2 THE AQUARIUM, OCTOBER, 1892. 
The movement of the Goldorfe is 
very graceful and quick. It is very 
watchful, giving warning to other fish 
of any approaching danger; for that 
reason they were kept in Carp ponds 
as a kind of guard for the other fishes 
and for the same purpose they were cul- 
tivated in the moats surrounding the 
castles during the middle ages. 
The Goldorfe was introduced to this 
country by the United States Fish 
Commission and also by us in 1882; 
the former introduced it as ‘‘Golden 
Ide,” by which name it is known to 
English writers, while we stuck to the 
name by which it was known for cen- 
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turies in its native country and which 
for business purposes we found the bet- 
ter of the two, as it avoids disappoint- 
ments. Several cases we have recorded 
where the customers asked for go/den- 
eyed fishes, and in one case for golden- 
eyed Carp. In both cases the parties 
having heard of the fish, but not seen 
its name in print, were under the im- 
pression that it meant Goldfish or Carp 
with golden eyes. The name (oldorfe 
is easily pronounced and might, for 
that matter, be spelled ‘‘orphe;” one 
could then raise orphen and call his 
orfen pond an orphan asylum. 
Although introduced twelve years 
ago, this beautiful fish is yet very little 
known; the cause of this, we think, is 
the difficulty in breeding it. In the 
following we give a description of our 
method to propagate it and hope that 
it may be inductive to a more frequent 
cultivation of the fish. 
BREEDING THE GOLDORFE. 
In the spring of the year, when the 
temperature of the water in the ponds 
has risen to about 65° F., we prepare a 
spawning-bed for the goldorfe in a 
rectangular rearing pond, of which the 
banks run due south and west, in the 
following marner : 
Eight feet west of the northeast cor- 
ner of the pond we place a slightly 
perforated board partition, which pro- 
jects four feet into the pond and 
reaches a few inches into the bottom 
of it, while it extends six inches above 
the water surface. Four feet south of 
same corner, running due west, a sim- 
ilar board partition of eight feet in 
length is placed. Where the two ends 
of these boards meet, a stake is driven 
into the bottom of the pond, against 
which they are both fastened. (See 
diagram.) Over this bed a wire screen 
of inch mesh is placed, mounted on 
