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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  I'hotograph 
  by 
  I,. 
  L,. 
  Mowbray 
  

  

  1'JvACOCKS 
  01? 
  THiv 
  SIC 
  A 
  

  

  Nature's 
  paint 
  brush 
  has 
  been 
  lavish 
  in 
  tinting 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  warm 
  sea 
  fish. 
  Here 
  are 
  

   seen 
  in 
  what 
  approximates 
  their 
  natural 
  habitat, 
  alive 
  and 
  contented, 
  the 
  Black 
  Angel, 
  Blue 
  

   Angel, 
  Rainbow 
  Parrot, 
  and 
  Blue 
  Parrot, 
  fish 
  of 
  fantastic 
  shape 
  and 
  beautiful 
  color. 
  

  

  fair 
  start 
  in 
  the 
  arduous 
  life 
  into 
  which 
  

   they 
  are 
  about 
  to 
  enter. 
  The 
  figure 
  on 
  

   the 
  left, 
  Plate 
  XI, 
  shows 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   carrying 
  her 
  eggs. 
  On 
  the 
  last 
  leg 
  may 
  

   be 
  noted 
  a 
  pincer, 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  remov- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  dead 
  eggs 
  and 
  debris 
  which 
  may 
  

   adhere 
  to 
  the 
  egg 
  clusters. 
  Large 
  num- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  have 
  been 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   scientifically 
  observed 
  at 
  the 
  Miami 
  

   Aquarium 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  increasing 
  this 
  

   valuable 
  food 
  supply. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  Aquarium 
  many 
  laboratory 
  tests 
  

   are 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  structure 
  and 
  compo- 
  

   sition 
  of 
  marine 
  forms 
  peculiar 
  to 
  local 
  

   waters. 
  Every 
  stage 
  in 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  fish 
  

   is 
  studied. 
  Some 
  interesting 
  discoveries 
  

   have 
  been 
  made, 
  and 
  others 
  will 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  follow, 
  whereby 
  man 
  will 
  benefit. 
  

   More 
  and 
  more 
  are 
  the 
  peoples 
  of 
  the 
  

   cart 
  1 
  1 
  looking 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  for 
  sustenance 
  

   and 
  even 
  for 
  leather 
  substitutes 
  and 
  

   various 
  other 
  products. 
  Science 
  has 
  

   helped 
  much 
  in 
  garnering 
  the 
  sea's 
  valu- 
  

  

  able 
  materials 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  land's 
  

   dominant 
  animal. 
  

  

  Whether 
  looked 
  upon 
  merely 
  as 
  poten- 
  

   tial 
  food 
  in 
  a 
  world 
  in 
  which 
  food 
  is 
  be- 
  

   coming 
  relatively 
  scarcer; 
  as 
  interesting 
  

   or 
  beautiful 
  creatures 
  worthy 
  of 
  study 
  

   and 
  admiration, 
  or 
  as 
  furnishing 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  for 
  a 
  thrilling 
  sport, 
  the 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  

   southern 
  Gulf 
  Stream 
  are 
  receiving 
  more 
  

   and 
  more 
  attention, 
  from 
  the 
  all-too- 
  

   small 
  group 
  of 
  distinguished 
  ichthyolo- 
  

   gists 
  who 
  specialize 
  in 
  this 
  investigation. 
  

  

  Ages 
  before 
  Izaak 
  Walton 
  wrote 
  of 
  

   the 
  fascination 
  of 
  catching 
  fish 
  only 
  large 
  

   enough 
  to 
  bob 
  a 
  tiny 
  cork, 
  the 
  lure 
  ex- 
  

   erted 
  by 
  the 
  finny 
  tribe 
  for 
  sport-loving 
  

   men 
  had 
  been 
  conceded. 
  When 
  the 
  hook- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  small 
  fresh-water 
  creatures 
  can 
  

   bring 
  its 
  joys, 
  is 
  it 
  any 
  wonder 
  that 
  hum- 
  

   ble 
  citizen 
  and 
  President 
  alike 
  grow 
  en- 
  

   thusiastic 
  over 
  battles 
  royal 
  with 
  rod 
  and 
  

   reel 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  match 
  their 
  skill 
  with 
  

   the 
  great 
  creatures 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  Stream. 
  

  

  