A. concession "to build a railway: linking Burma with Kweichow by way of Yunnan has been granted Great' Britain' in exchange for an Jagreement to recognize as Chinese {territory the Panhung zone on the Yunnan-Burma border, which is jin gold ore, the "Shanghai Nippo" said on Friday. who has been doing a One piece high grade seientife work la soils, feed selection and improvement in this province, has just returned from, an inspection visit of the agricultural experiment stations conducted by the National Government in several North China provinces. He was invited to make this visit by the Government.
Large migrations of rats have been observed in the parts of north Kiangsu affected by the floods, Like the human sufferers from the catastrophe, they have been forced to find new and drier homes. And, of course, they have been affected by the swiftenity of the river currents they have had to cross, How they got over the difficulties of these currents is recounted by philosopher of Yangchow who claims to have observed them. "His grey halrs—he ig seventy years of age—vouch for the truth "of this story.
On an early morning stroll this philosopher saw hundreds of rats Assembling on the banks of the small river at Hsima, "A large rat appear~ ed to be in command. It formed up the others in line, itself taking. the Jead, and then entered the water. 'The' rat immediately behind took the leader's tail in its mouth and follow= fed, 'The one behind the second, took hold of its tail and also. followed And 50 on, until the hundreds rals swam' across the stream, each holding on to the tail of the one in front, The formation, the philosopher states in the "Eastern Times," was perfect.
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