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CHAPTER VI. 



REARING. 



WHEN the umbilical sac or vesicle has quite 

 disappeared, and the young fry can swim 

 actively about, the time will have come for 

 feeding to commence. 



No one need have any anxiety as to how 

 soon to offer food, as the fry will plainly show 

 when they are inclined for it, by darting at any 

 little insect or other small object floating on 

 the water. Throw a few gnats on the water, 

 if there be any uncertainty, or cast in a very few 

 small blood-worms, and, if ready for their meal, 

 the fry will cause a total disappearance of gnat 

 or worm in a marvellously short time. 



It is wise at this time daily to test the 

 most forward lot in this manner, as some of the 



