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Show Busy Chinese Her.s. Iff It would appear that the hens of lm ', China find life more real and earnest I than enjoyable, for. It Is said, when not hatching out broods of their own lKi kind, the additional anc novel task l of hatching fl3h oggs la thrust upon ( ' them. Chinese owners c hens col- Ifc lect flah spawn, introduce it into .' empty eggshells, hermetically seal jl : them and place them under the do- ll celved and avjcrJeJiOizc 2on, in due e lime the shcl'.s are removed and the ' spawn, now warmed Irto life, 13 m emptied into a shallow pool. Here th H fish which appear are nursed and . HH guarded until strong enough to be r MU turned Into a lake or stream, and sub- H sequcntly add ttf the edible resources WM of the people. jH |