THE GOLDFISH AND ITS CULTURE, 25 
hunchback, most excellent!” The hunchback was convinced. 
One must take the same view with the dragon eyes to appre- 
ciate them. 
There are four distinct styles of these eyes, each of them 
with some variations : 
THE OWL-EYE 
is a very large eye of ordinary form and setting, having about 
four times the size of an ordinary goldfish-eye. Fish with such 
eyes are called “ Owls.” 
THE DRAGON-EYE. 
This is smaller in diameter than the preceding, but is pro- 
jecting from its socket, appearing like a little ball glued 
against the head. Specimens with eyes like this are “ Dra- 
gons.” 
THE TELESCOPE-EYE. 
This eye projects very much from its socket, the ball being 
held in position by a more or less conical-shaped stem, point- 
ing sideward or forward like an opera glass or “telescope,” 
the latter being the name used for fish that have them. 
THE CELESTIAL-EYE. 
In this case, the eye is very large, set in a very prominent 
globose stem. Asarule, it is directed upward—‘to the stars.” 
Specimens with these eyes are certainly very curious objects, 
and they show what ingenuity and patience is able to accom- 
plish. The direction of the eyes is artificially produced by 
straining them when young in the desired angle in dark sur- 
roundings with a ray of light from one direction only. The 
Chinese culturists may have learned this “trick” from the 
flounder which changes the position of one of its eyes towards 
