CHAPTER IX. 
“Nature my school, the water my field.”” 
THE ANATOMY OF THE GOLDFISH. 
Before we enter into the details of the propagation of the fish, 
it is necessary to learn something about its anatomy. 
A study of the accompanying cut (which is merely diagramatic) 
will greatly assist the reader in getting a clear understanding of the 
internal arrangement of the several parts with which it is most 
necessary to be familiar. 
ANATOMICAL SKETCH OF GOLDFISH. 
We will consider first the scales, as they are almost the first thing 
to strike the eye. These scales are so arranged upon the surface of 
the body that they overlap each other just in the manner that a 
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