OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH-WATER PLANTS. 



we refer to the report recently forwarded by Sir 

 John Bowring to the Registrar-General, from which 

 we learn that the portion of the Chinese people who 

 obtain a livelihood by pursuits connected with the 

 fisheries is larger than the whole population of 

 Great Britain and Ireland, namely, above forty 

 millions, which Sir John estimates at about one-tenth 

 of the present population of China. But w r hether 

 the beautiful kinds of the Gold Carp about to be 

 described be mere varieties or not, many of the fish 

 are so remarkably distinct in form as well as colour 

 as to be quite as desirable, in an ornamental point 

 of view, as scientifically distinct species. 



The original drawings were made by a native 

 artist, under the superintendence of M. de Sauvigny, 

 and most carefully engraved by M. E. N. Martinet, 

 engineer and engraver of the Cabinet du Hoi. Ac- 

 cording to this work, the Chinese reckon seven dis- 

 tinct species, each with its sub -varieties, of which 

 M. de Sauvigny gives fifty-eight examples; from 

 these I have selected the following : 



Of the Chinese species, Kin-yu, the variety 

 called the "Mottled Beauty," is very remarkable. 

 Beneath, it is simply silver toned, but on the back and 

 sides mottled with blue, yellow, black, and rose 

 colour, the rose colour deepening to pure crimson at 



