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The Canadian Horticulturist, 



Returning let us walk through the Fisheries (Fig. 560), which is on the way 

 back to our own Horticultural Court before passing through Wooded Island. 

 Plenty of interest centres here, for who has not at some time baited the hook 

 and sat waiting for hours for the wary nibbles of perch, trout or catfish. In the 

 central portion is the general exhibit, showing the means employed in fishing, and 



U S Coast Line Battle Ship 



Fig. 559. 



the products, while one of the polygonal buildings contains the angling exhibit, and 

 the other the aquaria. The latter consist of great glass tanks through the sides of 

 which fish of various sizes and kinds, duly separated and classified, may be seen, 

 almost as free from restraint as in nature. The total water capacity of these aqua- 

 rias is 140,000 gallons. It is exceedingly interesting to walk among these and to 

 see all kinds of fish, living and moving about in their native element, within a few 

 inches of one's face and not in the least afraid of that terrible foe the human 

 animal, who delights to torture them with cruel hook and afterwards devour 

 them without mercy. 



We Canadians do not forget the Queen's Birthday, even in a foreign land : 

 but, on invitation of the British and Colonial Commissioners, we attended an 

 official dinner at the Virginia, where loyal speeches were made in honor of Her • 

 Majesty, and where every preparation was on a magnificent scale. 



The Fruit Growers of the World's Fair have organized and intend to 

 look after their interests here. One object of the organization is to have some 









Fig. 560. 





WORLDS-COLUMBIAN EXPO 

 • FISHERIES- BUH 



••UEMHY' IVFJitGliB ARC 



