The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 . SUPERINTHNDENT OF AQUARIUM. bass, the lake sturo^eon andthe giant cat fish contrastingprettily with the more gor-geously colored goldenides and other ornamentalspecies. Tlie larger seriesof aquaria, ten in number,surround the pool, with apassage-way between sixteenfeet wide. These have acapacity ranging from 7,000 to 27,000 gallons of water, the largestbeing about fifty feet long. In the arched tympana above these arewrought out many curious designs of aquatic import—gigantic. FIvYING FISH. FISHERIES. 211

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