THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AlST AQUARIUM. 21 



two ventral fins for ^' suckers," as boys do bits of wetted 

 leather ; the Caddisworm sports a portable domicile of 

 sticks and stones ; the Newt is alive with graceful evolu- 

 tions, full of merry twists and laughable eccentricities. 



Such is an Aquarium, and such the unsolicited amuse- 

 ment and instruction it ever furnishes. Could we have 

 anything purer ? Gould we entertain anything more 

 delightful ? And if we hymn the Creator's praise in 

 admiring the perfection of His works, is not the study of 

 the Aquarium an honest, an ennobling devotion ? 



That every reader may, with very little trouble, supply 

 himself or herself with an Aquarium, we proceed to give 

 copious and lucid directions for the formation of the 

 tanks, and for " stocking" them, subsequently, with fresh 

 and salt-water plants and animals. 



