GOLDFISH BREEDS 



bronzes are accurate re-productions of fishes bred by them. Some of these 

 are so astonishing in form and colors that to the layman they would appear 

 to be willful exaggerations or caricatures, but to the experienced goldfish 



culturist are easily within 

 the range of possibility 

 and may be accepted by 

 him without question. 

 This tendency to varia- 

 tion on the part of the 

 goldfish is one of the 



FIG. 34-The White Rat principal pointS of inter- 



Dorsal view Two-thirds life size ggj -^^ ;^g cultutc, as any 



alevin may have a distinct character of its own and be either a wonder in 

 its way or a "sport" not worth the trouble of raising. It should be stated 

 that young fishes of marked abnormality do not usually survive which is 

 very often also the case with those considered the most perfect by the 

 fancier. 



Description of the Goldfishes Depicted by De Sauvigny 



This illustrated memoir of Chinese goldfishes is in the possession of 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and is entitled 



Histoire Naturelle Des Dorades de la Chine, 

 Gravees par M. F. N. Martinet, Ingenieur et Graveur du Cabinet du Roi, 

 • Accompagnee d' Observations et d' Anecdotes relatives aus Usages, aus 

 Moers et au Gouvernement de cet Empire, 



par M. De Sauvigny, 

 Chevalier de I'Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis, Censeur Royal, &c. 



a Paris, 



De 1' Imprimerie de Louis Jorry, reu de la Huchette, pres du 



Petit -Chatelet. 



MDCCLXXX 



Avec Approbation et Privelege du Roi. 



It consists of forty-eight finely colored plates, and of twenty-four 

 pages of text principally descriptive of the Chinese realm, government, laws 

 and literature. The brief mention of the goldfishes occurs in the Preface 

 and in the short article proper, a literal translation of which follows. 



" Of the different species of goldfishes of China the one known in 

 Europe is the least thought of there. The stories of our travelers and the 

 history of Pere du Halde have only given a very imperfect idea and in 

 several respects even a false one." 



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