ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The late Prof. Spencer F. Baird, United States Fish Com'r. .Frontespiece 



The Hon. S. Fee, Fish Com'r of Kansas Frontespiece 



The Scale Carp 14 



The Mirror Carp 15 



The Leather Carp. 16 



Plan of Carp Ponds 23 



Longitudinal Section of Pond '. 24 



A German Monk 25 



The Monk with Clamps 27 



Bottom Overflow and Drain 28 



Sliding Center Board 20 



Anti-Choke Overflow 31 



Carp Pond with Spawning Annex 39 



Bag Net ... 42 



Sinker Net 42 



Canvas Stretcher for Handling Carp 43 



Wooden .Jacket Shipping Can 45 



Muskrat Trap 50 



The Water Flea 54-66 



The Water Asel 54-66 



The Boat Fly 55 



Larva of Dragon Fly 55 



The Yellow Banded Water Beetle 55 



The Larva of Same 55 



The Black Water Beetle 56 



The Dragon Fly 57 



Fish Eating Plant, Ttricularia Vulgaris (Bladdersvort) 60 



Its Mode of Capturing Fish 62 



Hind View of the Head of Carp A 82 



Left Ear, Seen From Outside B 82 



Otolitl) of Ili.uht Eur, S<M>M From Outside C 82 



Middle KMT of Man Viewed From the Front G 83 



Air Hladder of Carp with Second and Third Vertebne I) 83 



I nncr L'-l'l Ear of Man Seen From Outside E : 83 



Section of the Same F , s:j 



Sweet Scented Water Lilly 100 



