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Title: The aquarium
Identifier: aquarium3361895mule (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Mulertt, Hugo
Subjects: Aquarium animals; Aquarium fishes; Aquariums
Publisher: Brooklyn, N. Y. : H. Mulertt
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THE AQUARIUM, JULY, 1895. 185 either through ignorance or by an in- born inclination for destructiveness ; and (2d) to allow ample elbow-room behind the tanks (" behind the scene" would be quite proper here) for the aquarist, that he may be able to work about, and arrange, the tanks and wait upon his charge at any time undis- turbed. We experienced sad losses when, many years ago, we first began to display desired, and the policeman in charge of that part of the hall—why, he en- joyed it as much as the rest of them, and declared that the next time he would go out fishing, he would use that same kind of bait. We knew, at least we thought so then, how to stop fishing and feeding our specimens. All that was required was a wire netting over the tanks. So we had these made with dispatch, and
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A Section of the Berlin Aquarium. collections of aquatic life to the public. At first, when we innocently displayed our collection entirely unprotected, we mourned the loss of choice specimens that had been stolen. The Avater was frequently spoiled by people feeding the animals with almost anything pos- sible and impossible, including pre- served fruits and ice cream ; even the small boy with the proverbial "pin- hook" fastened to a thread, was repre- sented. At one time a boy attracted quite a crowd around one of the aquar- iums, because he used a certain kind of bait that hooked nearly any fish he when we covered our collection with them we felt that their safety was se- cured. But little did we know inquis- itive man (we do not say woman). To look at an animal in captivity, no mat- ter what element it is in, without at least trying to poke it, seems to be im- possible for a great many people. The spectators would now poke their para- sols or fan-handles through the screens, and when the mesh of the screens proved too small for these, some did not find it too much trouble to use their hat-pins for the purpose. It gave them so much pleasure when they hit

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