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location of the pond ; and the kind wanted. In 

 due time the fish will be sent free of any cost 

 whatever to the nearest station. 



The most natural food for fish is insects and 

 worms, but they greedily seek and devour fish 

 eggs and small fish. It is but a repetition of 

 the et^ernal round of matter; one goes out of 

 existence and still more (except in France) 

 come into existence. "The Book," says "man 

 may come and man may go, but I go on for- 

 ever." Man keeps apace ; he increases in num- 

 ber; I do not think water increases in volume 

 except in its roll to the sea. 



ISTearly all fish are carnivorous, and while 

 they have a preference for certain kinds of diet, 

 they will take almost any living object that is 

 not too large. They really seem to live to eat, 

 and they grow accordingly as food is abundant. 

 Bull frogs will come to the pond, and toad frogs 

 will go on it and produce an abundance of fish 

 food in the shape of the venerable fat-bellied 

 tadpole and young frogs. All kinds of insects 

 will likewise come or happen on the water to 

 supply dessert for the fish ; and, unless the pond 



