OCEAN GAEDENS, ETC. 



rings, graphically exemplifying to a London crowd 

 the origin of Yarmouth bloaters. Or we may see the 

 dreaded Shark float round and round the vast glass 

 prison seeking his prey, and the Shark-hunter of 

 the south seas may be imported to exhibit his skill 

 in a bloodless conflict — mocking the attempts of the 

 sea monster to seize him, as the Spanish matador 

 plays long with the infuriated bull; but without 

 necessitating the same catastrophe to the animal, 

 defenceless against the specially-trained skill of his 

 human antagonist. We have already had our crys- 

 tal palaces, covering their acres, and filled with 

 objects of art and wealth from every quarter of the 

 globe ; it is not impossible, therefore, that we may 

 have crystal- walled seas, in which aquatic mena- 

 geries will form the last new object of fashion and 

 wonder. 



For the present, however, the Aquarium is, as I 

 have said, but a toy, yet one full of pleasant in- 

 struction ; and it doubtless contains the germs of a 

 development, the precise direction of which it is at 

 present difficult to guess. 



THE END. 



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