Record Catch: Thousands of Wild Beasts: Make Definite Frogs Plague Residents Beat Annually Frost Oun Own Conseronceser Front Our Ows Consestowont one Harbin, June 20.
shing competition arranged by the Japanese Fishing Society recently. Proved an enormous success, a record, single catch of over half a pood of iver fish being registered, "All com= eliters had to be present at 230 am, when a draw was made for positions, the "actual fishing commencing at 3 am, From the moment that fishing began, not a word could be heard all along the line, everyone of the competitors paying' their entire atten-ion to making the largest catch, At given signal fishing was suspended and the Judges went from fisherman fo fisherman weighing the catch, The largest was that of Mr. Inouye, who registered a record of just over hhal€ a pood (a pood is 3618.), while the next best catch was IL7Ib, The Russian and foreign sportsmen who g0 fishing on the Sungari will have Croat diflicully in reaching the record Set by the Japanese, and will have fo find some very enticing bait to beat him,
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