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saline matters which have been accurately ascer- 

 tained by the chemist. These saline matters, of 

 which common salt is the principal, may be added 

 to fresh water, and that transformation is effected 

 by which the great Creator of all maintains the 

 eternal distinctions between the plants and animals 

 of the ocean and the fresh waters of the earth. 



The following are the proportions in which the 

 saline constituents of sea water exist in 100 Ibs. of 

 water : 



Oz. Grs. 

 Chloride of Sodium ----- 431 Q 



Chloride of Magnesia ----- 6 



Chloride of Calcium - - - - 11 



Bromide of Magnesia - - - - - 21 



Sulphate of Magnesia -----7^0 



Sulphate of Lime ------ 2f 



Carbonate of Lime -----021 



I now proceed to refer to a few marine creatures, 

 rather as illustrations of the forms of sea life which 

 may be domesticated in the drawing-room than as 

 an account of the numberless animals which may 

 be kept in the Aquavivarium. To begin with the 

 Fishes. Those which inhabit the little pools left 

 by the receding tide on the shores of our oceans, 

 as the Father Lasher (Coitus bubalis), and the 

 Water Scorpion (C. scorpio), the Blennies (Blennius), 

 and the Conger Eel are all adapted for a marine 



FISHES. 



Gasterosteus spinachia. 

 Cottus scorpius. 



bubalis. 



quadricornis. 

 Gobius niger. 



unipunctatus. 



minutus. 



Ruthensparri. 



Syngnathus acus. 



typhle. 



lumbriciformis. 

 Muraenoides guttata. 

 Blennius ocellaris. 



pholis. 

 Labrus maculatus. 

 Crenilabrus cornubicus. 



