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memory and may either be useful to ourselves when start- 

 ing a new tank, or to our friends, if they wish to do 



so. 



All things considered, the fresh-water collection is, by 



far the best for a beginner ; and though the colors of 



the contained objects are not so brilliant as those in the 



murine tank, yet it will well repay us to watch the many 



curious and wonderful forms as revealed to us in the 



fresh-water Aquarium. 



