To the Editor of the NortH-Cu1wa Dany News. dormant state and would be very interested to hear whether any of your fish-loving readers can throw] any light on the matter.
. Sim—It would be difficult to find 'a subject that. has not been dis-fussed in your correspondence columns, by the wire and sometimes otherwise.
T think though I am introducing a new subject; and that is mirage. Any sunny day after 10 o'clock a.m, on the sandy plains of China one tees with exact distinctness the clear water of beautiful lakes. Trees are seen growing in the lake and people carrying their burdens through it. To one not versed in mirage appearances it is difficult to believe the lake is phantom, Change your height, either by kneeling, or by ascending to a higher level and the mirage is proved.
'On Sunday at noon after a sever blow of wind, and when the heavens were filled with all varieties of clouds for reflexion, we saw from our porch, several hundreds of yards distant, a native thatched house, and a' pai-fang, a widow' monument. These were so distinct that at the time we did not realize we were viewing a mirage. We wondered that they could have been built so near us, and that we did not notice the workmen. When they disappe then we realized we had seen a mirage.
'T want to ask if others have seen objects in mirage, not in the sky, but as though built upon the earth, There were two of us and we discussed it together, so there is no doubting the facts' in the case, Nanking, May 28, 1924, To the Editor of the "'NonrH-Cuina Datx News."
Sz,—Referring to the article appearing in. the correspondence columns of last, Saturday DRI." I should be very pleased if) Mr. Fisher T. Fish would be so good 'a3 to do me the honour of entertain ing him one evening at my country: place, "The Rockery," Ningpo, (standing ax it does in its own grounds and possessing magnificent, portals it is an ideal place for fish) When I shall have much pleasure in. showing him my aquarium which is considered to be one of the finest in the world and will also have the satisfaction of convincing him that fish do sleep. They do not, or can not, however, close their eyes, hence the' familiar' expression "poor fi! Tmay say that I have made a life-Tong study of aquatic oviparous a mals and can therefore speak with some authority on the subject.
have not the pleasure of knowing Mr. Fish's real name but if he will drop a line to the undersigned intimating when he proposes avi ing himself of my invitation T will make suitable arrangements for receiving him.
Enclosing my card, Tam, ete, Puoresson Bows.
Tam, ete., OnE wno Practises Pronimition.
May 21, 1924, Tenghsien, Shantung.
"The Rockery," Ningpo, May 28, 1924,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.