Quite Irish.
A Philadelphia dealer in pet stock has an aquarium of trained goldfish. These fish, when the man holds a small wand of redwood an inch above the surface of the water, leap over the wand in graceful diveg. Indescribably pretty, like miniature porpoises of gold, they look as they vault over the red wand. A little silver bell swings above the tank and a silken cord descends into the water. The fish, w hen hungry, take the cord in their mouths and ring the bell. They will feed from the man's hand. If he holds morsels of food just out of tlie water, they will leap up and snatch the food from his fingers. It took him nearly a year to train them.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 17
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125Quite Irish. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXVI, Issue 23, 9 June 1906, Page 17
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