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leech retains its hold until gorged with 

 blood. 



The eggs of the leech are placed in 

 cocoons, each containing about twenty 

 surrounded by albumen, and laid in the 

 damp soil above the water-edge. The 

 young, when hatched, float in the albu- 

 men and feed upon it for several weeks. 

 They are mature when five years old, 

 but may live to be twenty. 



The Aquarium Stock Company must 

 have quite an exciting time handling 

 thousands of these squirming animals. 

 We suspect that for other than financial 

 reasons they would prefer to have 

 Aquatic Life; readers told of their 

 many aquarium fishes, and their plants, 

 snails and lizards for aqua-terraria. 

 They take pardonable pride in their fish 

 foo,ds, and particularly in their improv- 

 ed dip net, which with its straight edge 

 is efficient in catching active fishes in 

 the home aquarium. 



Philadelphia Goldfish Fanciers 



The regular meeting of the Philadel- 

 phia Goldfish Fanciers' Society was held 

 in Saul's Hall, 802 Girard avenue, on 

 November 15th. 



Scaled and transparently-scaled 

 Broad-tail Jap Goldfish were shown in 

 competition. Messrs. George E. Wilt, 

 George W. Price and Dr. F. C. Leff- 

 man, judges, made awards as follows: 



Transparently - Scaled Japs. — Silver 

 cup, Joseph E. Bausman ; blue ribbon, 

 Joseph E. Bailsman ; red ribbon, John 

 Whitaker; yellow ribbon, Howard E. 

 Demuth. 



Scaled Japs. — Silver cup, William J. 

 Christy; blue ribbon, George B. Smith; 

 red ribbon, Joseph E. Tyler ; yellow 

 ribbon, George B. Smith. 



Mr. C. G. B. Schenk, honorary presi- 

 dent of the Milwaukee Aquarium So- 

 ciety, was present and gave an interest- 



ing talk on the present trend of the 

 goldfish fancy. 



Interest in the competition for the 

 diamond scarf pin, to be presented by 

 Mr. George W. Price to the member 

 securing the greatest number of new 

 members before the next banquet, con- 

 tinues without abatement. At this meet- 

 ing, Messrs. Andrew J. Haag, Jr., 

 James A. McDevitt, Nils Nilsson, Al- 

 bert P. Miller, John Langan and John 

 F. Ahlers became members. 



At the next meeting, December 20th, 

 the competition will be for Lionheads, 

 Orandas and Celestial Telescopes. 

 Prizes : Lionheads, silver cup and three 

 ribbons ; Orandas, silver cup and three 

 ribbons; Celestial Telescopes, three rib- 

 bons. — Fred Richardson, secretary. 



The Boston Society 



Following a preliminary gathering in 

 October, the Boston Aquarium Society 

 held its first regular meeting at Hold- 

 en's bird store, Friday evening, Novem- 

 ber 17th. Officers were elected as fol- 

 lows : President, Walter M. Copeland ; 

 vice-president, Franklin A. Packard ; 

 secretary, Walter H. Chute ; treasurer, 

 Charles W. Alden. 



The society starts with a membership 

 of nineteen, and at least ten aquarists 

 have signified their intention of becom- 

 ing members at the next meeting. We 

 hope to co-operate with the other so- 

 cieties throughout the country to en- 

 courage the development and study of 

 aquaria and terraria and their inhabi- 

 tants by means of informal meetings, 

 exhibitions and the distribution of liter- 

 ature. 



The society is fortunate in having the 

 indorsement of the Massachusetts Fish 

 and Game Commission, and sends to 

 its brother societies the following from 

 a message from Hon. William C. 



