I08 THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE. 



desirable kind in order that the lake or pond may contain them in 

 plenty, so that they can always be seen, no matter from what point. 



The percentage of young grown to perfection from a given num- 

 ber of eggs depends altogether upon the attention paid to them, the 

 locality in which they are raised, the season in which they are bred, 

 and the variety to which they belong. The number of saleable fish 

 may thus be but ten, or it may be eighty-five, realized out of one 

 hundred eggs. The rules governing the productiveness of ponds are 

 much the same as those that govern the crops raised from the soil. 



There is this difference, however, the raising of goldfish is confined 

 almost exclusively to the nicest season of the year, and makes it a 

 highly interesting out-door recreation, and one that can be begun on 

 the most humble scale at trifling expense, besides being an occupation 

 that any lady or gentleman can indulge in with perfect propriety. 



