Excerpt from The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science, 1870, Vol. 5: With the Proceedings of the Natural History, Society of Montreal A well-known naturalist writes The graceful fish, the brilliant reptiles, the shining insects, that people this rare world, whilom hermetically sealed up from our yearning view, are now displayed ih the aquarium, - sporting, feeding, slumbering - pursued and pursuing - leaping into life, and falling into dissolution, - each in its natural haunts, and yet all at home in these crystal palaces.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.