THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE. 39 
THE NURSERY. 
This is merely an apartment temporarily established in the 
storage-pond, which serves the purpose of protecting the young 
during their earliest infancy, 
THE REARING POND. 
This pond differs from the preceding in several respects. To 
begin with, it is five times as large, the size eight (8) feet by twenty 
(20) being in many ways the most convenient, as experience has 
abundantly proven. 
In constructing this, as well as the others, it is not absolutely 
necessary that the outlet should be directly opposite the inlet, 
though such an arrangement insures the most complete changing of 
the contents (the water) by the current passing from one end to the 
other. The location of the outlet and inlet must be determined by 
the judgment of the builder when seeking to get the best results he 
can, from the circumstances and surroundings of the locality in 
which he places his ponds. It zs necessary, however, that the inlet | 
should be one or two inches above the water level, so that the fish 
will be prevented from getting into the supply drain, should there 
happen to be a defect in the guard. In constructing the pond, the 
remarks applying to ponds in general are to be respected. The 
dams must reach six inches above the water level, and the floor be as 
uniform as possible, with a regular incline of from six (6) inches 
depth at one end to twenty-four (24) inches at the other. The 
deepest part to be at the outlet, insuring a perfect and even drawing 
off, whenever that may be needed. 
One or two plants, such as Nymphaea only, should be planted in 
the soil of the bottom, as their floating leaves afford shelter to the 
fish in very hot weather. Besides it offers greater convenience for 
the fish to reach deep water upon the approach of danger, as in such 
