JAPANESE GOLDFISH 



THEIR VARIETIES AND CULTIVATION 



A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE METHODS OF GOLDFISH CULTURE 



FOR AMATEURS AND PROFESSIONALS 



BY HUGH M. $MITH 



UNITED STATES DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



President of the American Fisheries Society, 1907-8 



Secretary -General of the Fourth International Fishery Congress, 1908 



Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 



Member of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Biological Society of Washington, etc. 



Honorary Member of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Fishery Society 



The Imperial Russian Society of Fish Culture and Pishing 



The Salmon and Trout Association of Great Britain, and 



Corresponding Member of the German Sea Fiihery Society 



WASHINGTON 



W. F. ROBERTS COMPANY. PUBLISHERS 

 1909 



