Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 666
vel, then fill about three fourths full of rain-water. To keep insects from flying or crawlingout of the aquarium, it should be covered withcheese-cloth. The water need not be changedif stocked with the water-plants and with onlysuch insects as are found in still ponds. The food may consist of… … A GIANT WATER-BUG AND A WATER-TIGER. small an amount of food one insect will eat.Ordinary goldfish furnish a convenient compari-son. Most young folks will recall how very fewcrumbs of crackers or of prepared fish food willserve three or four goldfish two or more days. It is interesting to multiply…
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