The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp].

Robert Kemp Philp

Date:: [1861]

Credit: The dictionary of daily wants / [Robert Kemp Philp]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$the Mud Snail (Limneus Pereger); the Marsh Shells (Paludina Vivipara and Paludina Acha- lina); the Pearl Mussel (Alos Modon Mar- gariti/erus). From some mysterious instinct of our nature the order Keptilia has never been a favourite object of study; yet the move- Frog (RanaArhorea). (B.) Tlie Smooth Nmvt (Lissolrilon Punctatut). (6.) The M ater 1 er- sicaria (Polygonum AmpJiibitim). nie only in- sects to be safely entrusted into an ordinary aquarium arc u, 8) the lesser and grc^r waterbeetles {Dytcus Marginalis). '(9) The Diving Spider {Argyroneta Aqitatica); Caddis Worm (Phryganea); the Shrimp, &c. For the marine aquarium the same kind ol tank will serve; but sea water, real or arti- ments and economy of such specimens as may be successfully introduced into the least pretentious aquarium are as lull oi ,.auty and as worthy of an attentive stiidy s tliLe of the most gorgeous ficial, must be obtained. The iormer may be procured by Londoners for a trifling lee through the master or steward of most ol the sea-going steamers. For its conveyance a cask, which has not been previously us^, is the best. Ko taint of spirits, wine, acids, chemicals, should attach to the vessel, n the bung should be newly cut, or lure will result. Artiflcial sea water may$

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