OR, THE HOME-CULTURE OF FRESH-WATER PLANTS. 
Cray Pish, which, though tameable, is at first shy 
and shelter-loving. I have kept Cray Pish for a 
short time myself, and found great interest in watch¬ 
ing them take their food—generally small pieces of 
raw liver—which I have let down to them at the end 
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of a string. They have at first approached the prof¬ 
fered meat very cautiously; hut gaining courage, 
have come boldly forward at last, and taking hold 
of the meat with a claw, as ready in its actions 
as a human hand, have carried it to their mouths, 
and devoured it with evident relish; occasionally 
using the other claw to tear off a tough piece, or 
otherwise assist in the operation. 
One of these creatures is a very pretty minia¬ 
ture of a lobster (see Plate VIII.), and is a 
pleasing variety to the other forms of animal life 
in the Aquarium. It is a singular fact that, in the 
representation of this creature, in ftoesel’s beautiful 
work, he is represented in his living state as of a fine 
bright scarlet. This can scarcely have been the 
error of the naturalist, hut rather that of the 
colourist in preparing copies for the bookseller 
which had not the advantage of the author’s re- 
visal. The colourist, however, commits this special 
sin in good company; for I recollect a noble picture 
of the “ miraculous draught of fishes,” by no less 
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