PART IV. 
THE PROPAGATION AND CARE OF THE GOLDFISH 
CHAPTER XVI. 
‘““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 sca/es, 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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