here in its infancy, is far from a novel idea in the Celes-tial Empire. The author presents a vast number of interesting details on his general topic, from among which we selectthe following curious ideas : The cormorant is largely employed as an assistant to thefisherman, and is carefully educated… … fishermen keep their feathered assistants at work as long asdaylight lasts. Occasionally the birds become tired and re-fuse to dive, a proceeding which occasions a series of fright-ful yells and beating of the water with a stick by their mas-ter, which frightens them to such an extent that they…
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