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TOUR OF THE LAKE. 
serious inquiry. After a scientific examination of 
the reptile^s mouth, however, he saw there wa^ no 
danger, for no poison-fangs were to be seen. He 
was able, therefore, to appease the patient’s anxiety 
by inspiring him with the confident anticipation of 
a speedy cure. 
In making the tour of the lake, we found our 
progress on several occasions interrupted by narrow 
streams from the hills. Some of these we bounded 
over, and through some of them we waded ; but 
there was one too wude for leaping, and too deep 
for wading. AVe were, therefore, under the neces- 
sity of stripping, and as w^e required our clothes on 
the other side, we tied them in a bundle and lashed 
them to the tops of one heads. A few strokes then 
carried us across, with our garments perfectly diy, 
and in a state to be resumed at once. 
* 
AYe again found here in Manchuria the crab with 
. a hairy hand (Eriocheir japonicus). The manner of 
our meeting with this curious creature was in this 
O 
AA^e had joined a pic-nic to the lake. There 
wise. 
