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ing. One would think they had partaken 

 of that first apple, so timid are they 

 when they find themselves under close 

 observation. In courting, the male will 

 dart to and fro caressing the sides of 

 his mate, sometimes facing in the same 

 direction and again head to tail. Nor 

 is the lady unresponsive. Swimming 

 more quietly than is her usual wont, she 



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seemed to enter into the very spirit of 

 the play. This I have observed with 

 great interest. The actual spawning it 

 was not my privilege to see. 



During the late spring and summer I 

 changed my pair every fortnight to 

 alternate tanks, hoping by this pro- 

 cedure to save eggs that might be ex- 

 pelled unnoticed. During the first week 

 of August I discovered fry in one of the 

 tanks, and as they were swimming freely 

 they must have hatched several days be- 

 fore. From then on their growth was 

 really quite rapid. During the following 

 week a cup of "green water" was fed 

 daily, then followed tiny Daphne, and 

 by the first of September the little fel- 

 lows were taking small Enchytrse worms. 

 The eagerness and zest with which the 

 babies enjoyed their meals was indeed 

 a pleasure to behold. Frequently a long 

 worm would be taken by one end while 

 the other vainly twisted and squirmed 



about the snout of my prize until finally 

 it disappeared within — to help make one 

 of the little beauties now disporting in 

 my tanks. 



Enchytra? is probably the best food. 

 Daphne is, of course, excellent, but un- 

 less one is favorably situated to collect 

 it, the simple alternative of keeping a 

 box of Euchytrae is preferable. The 

 Happies will take dry foods composed 

 of ground shrimp, flies, Daphne, etc., 

 but really will not thrive upon them. 



On page 123 is shown in natural col- 

 ors, as accurately as is possible by 

 mechano-photography, a splendid blue 

 calico telescope goldfish from the col- 

 lection of Mr. A. A. Phillips, Jr. This 

 specimen leaves little to be desired in 



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development of body, color, eyes and 

 fins. Mr. Phillips values the fish at one 

 hundred dollars. 



During the summer months "thin out" 

 goldfish — keep fewer fish in each aqur- 

 ium. The water is warm and in con- 

 sequence will not support as many as 

 in winter. Under no circumstances 

 should ice be placed in the tank to reduce 

 the temperature, as is sometimes advised. 



It is the hard jobs that make us. 



