The American angler . ease. Wefind just as much difference in fishwhen kept in lakes and fountain basinsas in glass-sided acquaria. The old-fashioned fish globe has seenits day, they are still manufactured, tobe sure, but the manufacturers havegreatly improved on them. The shapeof the new globe, the so-called newpattern globe, is not quite so round asthe former ones, being more in shape ofa Japanese jardiniere, the widest partbeing near the top. They are a decidedimprovement on the old style, and fillthe bill, as a cheap round aquariumintended for decoration, very well. For observation and stu
The American angler . ease. Wefind just as much difference in fishwhen kept in lakes and fountain basinsas in glass-sided acquaria. The old-fashioned fish globe has seenits day, they are still manufactured, tobe sure, but the manufacturers havegreatly improved on them. The shapeof the new globe, the so-called newpattern globe, is not quite so round asthe former ones, being more in shape ofa Japanese jardiniere, the widest partbeing near the top. They are a decidedimprovement on the old style, and fillthe bill, as a cheap round aquariumintended for decoration, very well. For observation and study the sides must be straight. Our pictures illus-trate some very attractive patterns forwindow decoration, or for a small to these come the plain rectan-gular tanks. These may be made allof one piece of glass, shaped in a formwhile in a soft state, or they may con-sist of a metal frame, into which thebottom and side and end glasses arecemented. The latter ones have theadvantage that when a glass breaks, it. Faience Aquaria. can be replaced by a new one, whichcannot be done when the tank is madeof one piece only. We have previously given instructionshow such tanks may be made with asmall outlay out of angle iron, butfor those who prefer to buy ready-madeones, or fitted frames without the glass,we have some on hand. They are madein two sizes at present, viz. : ii)^ incheshigh, 7>4 inches wide, and 14^ incheslong. The dimensions of the secondsize are the same, with the exception ofthe length, which is 21 inches, all in-side measures. They are perfectly plaintanks, made of the very best material, 138 file Aiiicricaii Angler however, and just the thing for labora-tories, schools, kindergartens, etc. Theexterior of such a tank can easily beornamented with wooden moulding tosuit ones fancy. One of our illustra-tions shows one, of a large pattern inthis case, that is decorated wiih flutedpillars and otherwise trimmed to forma design somewhat Greek in appear-ance. The woo
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