Residents of the left bank of the river report that there Is a. great plague of frogs, these coming out in thousands every evening and croaking. along the bank, The frogs are of fan impudent nature, entering houses. and causing "much unpleasantness, specially when they manage to jump. into people's_beds, crawling under the sheets. Such a plague of frogs has not been seen since 1992, and wiseacres predict a great rise in the 'Sungari waters, the frogs instinctively Knowing that' the water -will rise quickly, and therefore making for higher points before the flood comes along and drowns them. The warm weather does not point to any great rise in the river for the moment, and fact navigation has been dificult, owing to low water.
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