To the Fditar of the "Nortn-CHINa DatLy News.
Feaues, Afr. Sowerby is exercised In paragraph in one of your recent Sim—Hf, as 1 gathered from a
his mind in the matter of dead seals in the Huangpu, I should like to, have the opportunity of assisting him, if only out of gratitude for his contributions of common sense writings to your columns.
About 18 miles due east of Kast Saddle Tsland, at, the mouth of the Yangize river, lie the Barren nda—a collection of mere rocks sing 20 feet oF so out of the sea—and on these rocks numbers of baird used to disport themselves or the sun's rays; and still do, as far og know, The course of ature, or accident of nels or drifting hooks, coupled with a strong flood tide, and the presence of dead teriis in the Huangpu ix accounted Tam, ete.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.