Show Holy Fish Stock Lake An anglers angler's dream of paradise are the few scattered lakes and streams of semi-arid semi Inner Mongolia Mon olia owing to a religious taboo on the catching of fish The lamas priests also teach that great gre t merit Is acquired when fish which have been taken are returned to the water This gave rise to a curious trade at a certain lake in eastern Inner Mon Mon- golia Thrifty Chinese unhampered by prohibitions s catch large numbers of fish which they keep alive and sell to seek merit ing Mongols who then throw them j i back into the lake hike I j I r |