One more point. Just about this time, two years ago, the member of our staff' who interviewed Mr. Sowerby was walking along the Bund when he was attracted to a big crowd outside the Hongkong Shanghai Bank. Elbowing through, he saw a hideous monstrosity, something like a miniature alligator, save that its snout and tail were flat. Some distance farther along was another and it was ascertained that they had crawled up through the drains. We do not know what became of them, but we published the story and received much sarcastic advice to "mix more water with it"® Mr. Sowerby was asked whether he knew what they were and he groaned dismally when he was given a minute description of them. "Oh, why didn't -you get. them?" he ox-postulated. 'They were undoubtedly salamanders, which are not supposed to exist in China, and here they are actually living in Shanghai under our noses.' So, please, will everybody catch al] the salamanders they find when cashing cheques at the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank?
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