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THE FERN PARADISE. 
follow and coyly rest along the course of many 
a stream which provides the natural element of 
the finny tribes. Waving Ferns by the margins 
of river and brook, of lake and pond, deepen the 
shelter of overarching trees and shrubs, furnishing 
the coolest of cool retreats for the inhabitants of 
the sparkling waters; and in many a moorland 
stream the angler, following his gentle craft, will 
often find his noblest prey in the deeper cur¬ 
rents which flow by the roots of clustering Brake 
or graceful Lady Fern. 
But if we transport our flowerless plants to our 
home and town surroundings, why cannot we still 
bring them into association with the little fish 
worlds, which it is so much the custom to intro¬ 
duce into our dwellings ? In his pleasant and 
genial ‘ Notes on Fish and Fishing ’—a delightful 
volume, from the pen of one of the most pleasant 
and genial of enthusiastic lovers of Nature—Mr. 
J. J. Manley suggests that the followers of his 
gentle craft might learn much that would be both 
interesting and instructive concerning the habits 
of fish by watching their movements in aquaria. 
An excellent suggestion ! And how easy it would 
