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as are used for roofing houses. These, sup- 

 ported by four stones, form capital " hides " 

 for my young fish, and it is most amusing to 

 see them all run away frightened when I lift 

 up the slate. Broken bits of flower-pots form 

 good hides. 



Those who rear young fish should, there- 

 fore, above all things, recollect the necessity 

 for making " hides " for the fish. 



DEFOKMITIES. 



Now it is not to be supposed, that out of 

 so many thousand fish we shall not have 

 some cripples ; accordingly, among the fish 

 which I have hatched, it is curious to observe 

 these deformities, which, however, I must 

 say, are the exception, and not the rule. 

 Some of these fish have regular humped 



