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Glimpses of the Akiyama Goldfish Farm, Tokyo, Japan 

 Photographs by Eiichiro Nakashima 



water from a supply reservoir surmount- 

 ing the tower. The cage and tank are 

 secured to the opposite ends of a cable 

 that passes over pulleys at the top of the 

 shaft. 



The fish compartment is provided with 

 two doors, one at each end. When it is 

 at the bottom of the shaft beneath the 

 water one of these gates is raised to per- 

 mit fish to enter. On the other hand, 

 an auxiliary door on the shaft lets down 

 and prevents fish from swimming around 

 to the back side of the guides or into the 

 space normally occupied by the carried, 

 when the latter ascends. 



The Poor Fish ! — "I hear you are 

 going to marry Archie Blueblood?" said 

 one society woman to another. "Is it 

 true ?" 



"Marry him !" exclaimed the other. 

 "Not likely. What on earth could I do 

 with him? He's rejected from the army, 

 he can't ride, he can't play tennis, golf, 

 nor, for that matter, can he even drive a 

 motor car !" 



"Oh!" said the friend, "but he can 

 swim beautifully, you know." 



"Swim, indeed! Now, I ask you, would 

 you like, a husband you had to keep in an 

 aquarium ?" — London Blighty. 



