The American angler . Cabinet Aquarium. Shapes of Aqiiariiiins. 141 they are put back in their places. As may be seen in the illustration,the water of the aquarium should reachjust below the glass brackets. Such a tank has all the advantages ofa parlor aquarium and the developmentof the tadpole to the frog may be betterobserved in it than in any other. The submerged plants shown in theillustration are: Horn or Waxworl{Ceratophyllum demersum), No. 9;Ludwigia Mulerttii, No. 10; Rosy fan- wort (Cabomba rosaefolia), No. ji;Floating Arrowhead (Sagittaria natans),No. 8; Canal pest (Anacharis cana-de
The American angler . Cabinet Aquarium. Shapes of Aqiiariiiins. 141 they are put back in their places. As may be seen in the illustration,the water of the aquarium should reachjust below the glass brackets. Such a tank has all the advantages ofa parlor aquarium and the developmentof the tadpole to the frog may be betterobserved in it than in any other. The submerged plants shown in theillustration are: Horn or Waxworl{Ceratophyllum demersum), No. 9;Ludwigia Mulerttii, No. 10; Rosy fan- wort (Cabomba rosaefolia), No. ji;Floating Arrowhead (Sagittaria natans),No. 8; Canal pest (Anacharis cana-densis), No. 12; Water hyacinth(Eichhornia crassipes), No. 6; Sal-vinia natans, No. 7. Of animal lifethere is represented: Frog tadpolesin different stages of developtiient. ; Newts, No. 18; Fantail goldfish,No. 14; Comet goldfish. No. 15; Gol-dorfe. No. 16; Tench, No. 17; and arams horn snail, by Fig. Parlor Aquarium. NOTES AND QUERIES. [Under this Department Heading queries relative to Angling, Ichthyology and Fish Culture will be answered.] Yes, We Got a Bite. Did you get an offer said an old fisher-man to us one day, as our boat touched theshore of Lake La BoefFe, near Erie, Pa., onour return from a mornings fishing. Welooked into his gnarled old face with the sim-plicity of ignorance plainly shown in our own,and he repeated the words with a touch ofcontempt in his voice, at our want of knowl-edge of the local slang in use on this particu-lar water. Just then, our boatman whisperedto us: He means, did you get a bite. The Tarpon Craze. The fisherman, who has failed to visit thecoasts of Florida during the tarpon season,cannot understand or realize the craze ex-isting among angling tourists of that catch a tarpon is the aim and fixedresolve, even unto desperation, of every anglerwho essays a rod in those waters. Days, andeven weeks, often pass without getting adraw, but
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