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PUGNACIOUS FISH It is the custom at Singapore to stock garden ponds with queer fish many of them of the fight ¬ ing variety so dear to the art of the Orientals These fish are so combative that it is only neces ¬ sary to place two of them near eacli other and irritate them a little to bring about a lively con ¬ flict flictThey They charge each other with fins erect at the same time changing color in their excitement from the dullest of greens to brilliant reds and blues bluesIndeed Indeed confinement in close quarters is not needed to arouse their combative propensities Place two glass jars close together with one of these fighting fish in each and they will at once swim round and endeavor to charge each other through the interposed glass Kvett a single fish seeing itself reflected in a mirror will dart at its own image and irritated all the more by its failure to reaeli the supposed enemy will assume brilliant hues seeing its reflected antagonist do the same it will redouble its efforts Tid Bits
