CONTENTS. vii 
Tadpoles Destructive. Adults harmless to Man. Water-snakes. Safest way 
to Destroy them. A Snake-trap. Cranes and Herons. Their Mode of Fish- 
ing. The Kingfisher. Turtles and Alligators. The Musk-rat. Their 
Destructiveness, How to seta Trap for them. The Raccoon. The Mink. 
The Duck. The Goose. The Swan. The House-rat. The Cat........ 92 
CHAPTER XXII. 
THE DISEASES OF THE GOLDFISH.—Its Healthy State. Its Sickly State. 
General Causes of Diseases. Asphyxia. Its Cause. Its Cure. Tubercu- 
losis. The Cause of it. Slime orItch. Bacteriae, the Cause. Treatment 
of the Disease. Dropsy. Treatment of Specimens affected withit. Ery- 
sipelas. Improper Feeding the Cause. Its Prevention and Cure. Acci- 
dents. Assisting Nature in Healing Wounds. Conclusion............... 99 
CHaPTER XXIII. 
REQUISITES AND ToOoOLs.—Dipnets, Glass Jars, Other Necessaries......... 106 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
PROFITABLENESS OF GOLDFISH PoNnps.—Will it Pay? Difference in Markets. 
Percentage of Young grown to Perfection. Goldfish Culture as Out-door 
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