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(or, as White says, " will fly at each other like 

 a parcel of little bull-dogs,") and be long, 

 lanky in the body, with great bull-dog like 

 heads. The French authorities- recommend 

 at this time that they should be fed with 

 the boiled flesh of frogs powdered into mi- 

 nute bits. The Stormontfield authorities 

 use boiled liver, powdering it in their hands, 

 and throwing it in. You must, however^ 

 take care that it does not accumulate at the 

 bottom of the water, and thus imbue it with 

 putrescent matter. I should recommend that 

 the fish always be fed at a given spot, and 

 that a bit of cloth, or even a tin tray, or 

 other material should be placed at the bot- 

 tom of the water, at the spot where they are 

 fed, so 'that you can occasionally lift it out, 

 and with it all the bits of food not devoured 



