Fully to appreciate the ingenuity of the Chinese fisherman one needs to make a tour of the lakes just outside the city walls. Some of the methods used to reap the scaly harvest are both strange and clever. It is quite common to see a number of boats working in the are of a circle the occupants all the while vigorously beating the water with sticks or boards, the object being to drive the fish into a gradually narrowing area so that the task of obtaining a good catch is rendered much easier. One of the "cutest" methods, however, the writer has r seen was in a lake about 50 miles from Wuchang. Here were boats each containing a board painted white, On moonlight nights these boards are slung over the boat-side, so that one end touches the water and the other the side of the boat. To the fish in the water the white paint in the moonshine has the appearance of a cas-The fish takes a leap over the "waterfall" and lands safely at the bottom of the fishing craft Wuchang has the distinction possessing a bazaar, somewhat after the Indian type and belonging to the government. It contains a large number of stalls full of local d other products, useful and ornamental. It is one of the rules that the price on all goods must. be plainly marked, so one is not supposed to haggle. The building is Shanghai Now. of course. we do much better as regards the looks of our cars so arranged that a person going in at the entrance must make a tour of the whole of the stalls before he can reach the exit.
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