CONTENTS. vii 
CHAPTER XXIV. 
Carz oF FisH 1n Stores.—Manners of Keeping them. The Supply of 
Oxygen in the Water. Plants the means of producing it. Location of 
the Tank. Shape and Construction of the Same. Management of the 
Tank. Precaution against spread of Disease.......... siehisernecne) LOZ 
CHAPTER XXV. 
TRANSPORTATION OF Fisu.—The Shipping Can. Wooden Jacket Can. 
Rules of Express Companies. About Shipping. Filling of the Can. 
Time of Shipment. Delay while in the Hands of Express Companies. 
Bucket for Shipment. Shipping to great Distances. Transatlantic 
Shipping Can. Rulesfor Shipment. Treatment of Fish while ex route. 
The Same when arriving in Bad Condition... ........+.000. sees 1OQ 
PART V. 
Enemies and Diseases of the Goldfish. Requisites, Tools, etc. 
CHAPTER XXVI. 
THE ENEMIES OF THE GOLDFISH.—Goldfish Destroy their own Eggs. The 
Pond Snail. The Water Asell. The Water Flea. ‘The Boat-fly. Its 
Destructiveness. Other Varieties. The Yellow-banded Water Beetle. 
Its Larva. The Black Water Beetle. Its Cocoon. Its Grub. How to 
destroy them, The Dragon-flies. Libellula. Aeshma. Agrion. Their 
Copulation. Mode of Depositing their Eggs. Their Grubs. Their 
Destruction and Enemies..............+..- ay piniel Wswierere aegveieleavin 113 
CHAPTER XXVII. 
THE ENEMIES OF THE GOLDFISH, CONTINUED.—The Crawfish. Its De- 
structive Habits. The Frogs. Useful and Destructive Varieties. 
Indirect Injuries from their Tadpoles. How to Destroy them. Pro. 
tecting the Toad. Difference of their Spawn. The Water Spider. 
Salamanders and Newts. Their Tadpoles Destructive. Adults harm- 
Jess to Man. Water-snakes. Safest way to Destroy them. A Snake- 
trap. Cranes and Herons. Their Mode of Fishing. The Kingfisher. 
Turtles and Alligators. The Musk-rat, Their Destructiveness. How 
toset atrap for them. The Raccoon. The Mink. The Duck. The 
Goose. The Swan. The House-rat. The Cat.............0.. 122 
