Aigun: The beginning of Soviet Jcompetition in the local mineral oil [market was seen in the importations fof Kerosene oil and benzine of Soviet provenance from Blagovestjehensk, and the import of fishery
advanced with the opening of t products from Siberi Soviet Far Eastern Trading Bureau Jat Teheiho. The only direct export abroad was the shipment of yellow beans to Siberia. Taxation and heavy freight rates were responible for the inability of local timber to compete. at Harbin with the cheaper Soviet article, and the export of softwood planks dropped From "2,802,369. 3g, Zeet. in. 1990 to 311,160" sq, feet' im the year under Harbin: Trade was adversely attested by the depreciation of the' people's laps. This she does very gracefully, as she has the look of a dog which has been born to be loved. But it a very different matter with Handsome. Once or twice he has tried to do the same thing with members of the family, but without receiving Jencouragement. The older members of the family can repulse him: but not the younger mer Therefore there was a when Handsome, after having met with nothing but abuse in his attempts to be friendly with his master and mistress, jumped upon the lap of the youngest of all, aged two, and nearly flattened him out. Handsome has reason to remember the incident, but it is very doubtful whether he hi been cured of the bad habit. Hi owners still show apprehension when there are haunches beside them and looks at their laps in a quizzical way. Perhaps it is as well that they ido not know that he is making up his mind whether he will take ince and jump on to their inviting knees.
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