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terest. His usual station is five or six 

 inches above the nest or immediately 

 by. Occasionally he has dashed quickly 

 to the bottom, which merely seemed to 

 stir up the humus. The infrequency of 

 these dashes inclines me to regard them 

 as caused by the fancied presence of an 

 enemy in the nest. 



From the last spawning I was able to 

 remove a small number of the eggs which 



Kichigoro Akiyama 



Last month, figuratively speaking, we 

 visited Australia and looked with wonder 

 at the beautiful aquarian conservatory 

 of Mr. Albert Gale, wherein plants and 

 and birds vie with fishes, for Mr. Gale 

 finds everything in nature worth while 

 and interesting. Homeward bound we 

 will visit the Orient and become ac- 

 quainted with Mr. Kichigora Akiyama, 



The Goldfish Breeding Plant of Kichigoro Akiyama 



were entangled in the Algae Drawings 

 are given made one hour and twelve 

 hours after fertilization. At thirty-six 

 hours all the remaining eggs had been 

 destroyed by fungus. I am unable to ex- 

 plain the pecular process shown encircle- 

 ing the eggs at the first period. Six were 

 examined and it was present on all ; at 

 the second period it had disappeared. 

 The loss of the eggs effectually preclud- 

 ed the possibility of determining the 

 period of incubation. The eggs are very 

 transparent and measure approximately 

 one millimeter. 



the largest goldfish breeder in Japan. 

 Perhaps this qualification is inapt. What 

 we really mean is that Mr. Akiyama has 

 the largest breeding establishment in 

 Japan, both in area and in number of 

 fishes bred. More than 25 acres of ponds 

 are in service, all devoted to the fancy or 

 toy breeds, so we may further say that 

 this is the largest fancy goldfish hatchery 

 in the world. It is to be regretted that 

 a single photograph cannot show all 

 the interesting features of the farm. 

 Some of the devices in use are quite 

 r-imitive. A well-sweep will be noted 



