There is a fish in the Shanghai Rowing Club's bath, It has been geon by a member of the staff of the *North-China Daily News," alive, swimming, and contentedly brows: ing on a few odd leaves that have Blown in through the windows—the fish, that is: not the investigator. Its' size was difficult to judge, on account of the fore-shortening of the water, but it seemed in facial characteristics and dimensions some-Jing' like a mackerel, or a large reline, or a small tuna: only it is understood neither mackerel, sar-me, or tuna are common in the Whangpoo.
"George" assisted in the investigation and, when referred to for more minute details, propounded them as follows:—"Fish have got.
fave jump in boat." And that was all, save that George had a hungry ment' look in his eye. Accordingly, and as people will never bel fish story, the reputed facts of the fish are recorded as sent in by "It you don't believe it, the evidence will be found in the swimming bath of the Shanghai Rowing Club, which is functioning temporarily as fan aquarium. There are the elect few ihe have holed. out in. one fewer than they say they are, by the way). Yet they must yield' to the Rowing Club anda. Ash: who holed out in. fourconred boat of the Rowing Club at noon yesterday, whilst it was near the Pootang bhore. Bow of the boat received the two-footer (it may have been one—'Dut this is a fishy tale anyway) full his lap. A-small editor of the fearsome" Whangpoo "dragon thought it and Nos, 2, 3, and stroke "had by force to restrain a dive' overboard. ethan he wax (the fah, T mean) allowed to live in the bottom of the Hoo, breathing theft and smoky Atmosphere of our city for fftecn minutes, until the boathouse pontoon was ranchod, No committe: man being in sight, decision on the ttestion as to whether the "bath might be used by a non ticket-holder was dispensed with and Mr, Fish swan given' yo from the sixth: top, entering far more gracefully than the ordinary member diver.
If you don't believe it, join the club, pay your ten cents, whistle and "Tunney" will bob to the surface and pile you over"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.