Anglers will be interested in two cases containing large fish captured by sportsmen in China. One of these is Mr. Hans Berents' record threadfin, taken on a Tight rod by him last September. at Reitaiho, Tt weighed 30 "Th. 10 oz. and_measured 42% inches in length. The other is specimen of the so-called gan-yn, 2 large fresh-water member of the carp aer family that Tooks and acts more ike salmon.
Recently the contents of many of the cases in the Museum have been rearranged, with numerous extra labels and explanatory notes for the sake of students, The porcelain and Pottery pieces in the Museum have been arranged so as to show the profressive evolution in the ceramic art of China from the earliest times to the present doy, covering a total period of several thousands of years 'The earliest piece' is a burial urn, from the extreme north-west of China representing the painted pottery of] from 3,000 fo 5.000 years B.C. known ar the Yang Sheo ware. Hon, Tang and Sung pottery are also represent ed, as well as Sung, Ming and Ch'ing porcelain.
The Museum also Zontains examples of Shang Dynasty bones, tortoiseshell 20 and deer horns inscribed with pletographs of that pendd, which are the earliest known forms of Chinese writing. and date back to 1776 BE.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.