------+------------+--------+------------+--------+------------+-------- Dates.|Fahr. 8 A.M.|Reaumur.|Fahr. 3 P.M.|Reaumur.|Fahr. 8 P.M.|Reaumur. ------+------------+--------+------------+--------+------------+-------- 1 | 73 | 18 | 84 | .. | 80 | .. 2 | 72 | .. | 85 | .. | 78 | .. 3 | 73 | 18 | 81 | 22-1/3 | 76 | 20 4 | 75 | .. | 80 | 22 | 75-1/4 | 20 5 | 73 | 18 | 81 | 24-3/4 | 75-1/4 | 20-1/4 6 | 75-1/2 | 20 | 79 | 20 | 75 | 20 7 | 73 | 19 | 77 | 20-1/2 | 74 | .. 8 | 72 | 18-1/2 | 83 | 23-1/4 | 72-1/4 | 18-1/2 9 | 73 | 19 | 79 | 20 | 74 | 19 10 | 74 | 19-1/2 | 83 | 23 | 74 | 19 11 | 72 | 18 | 83-1/2 | 23-1/4 | 74 | 19 12 | 72 | 18-1/4 | 79-1/2 | 21-1/2 | 72 | 18 13 | 70 | 15-1/2 | 78 | 21 | 70 | 17-1/2 14 | 63 | 14-1/2 | 79 | 21-1/2 | 65 | 15 15 | 60 | 13 | 72 | 18 | 60 | 15 16 | 60 | 13 | 83-1/2 | 23-1/2 | 70 | 17 17 | 64 | 14-1/2 | 83-1/2 | 22 | 70 | 15 18 | 64 | 14-1/2 | 86 | 23-1/2 | 70 | 18 19 | 69 | 17 | 85 | 24 | 71-1/2 | 17-1/2 20 | 70 | 15-1/2 | 89 | 25 | 74 | 19-1/2 21 | 73 | 19 | 90 | 26 | 74 | 19 22 | 71 | 18 | 86 | 23-1/2 | 71 | 18 23 | 73 | 19 | 87 | 25 | 70 | 18 24 | 68 | 16-1/2 | 88 | 25 | .. | .. ------+------------+--------+------------+--------+------------+-------- TALE. TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE BY M. HENRI MOUHOT. CHINESE TALES. In a Chinese village lived two cousins, both orphans: the eldest, who was called Moû, was cunning and egotistical; the other, on the contrary, was goodness and simplicity itself; he was called A-lo-Sine. The time for ploughing the fields arrived: A-lo-Sine possessed a buffalo, while Moû had only a dog. An idea struck him, and he went to his cousin and said, “I bring you my dog; give me your buffalo: my dog will plough your field, which is not very large, and you will see that you will have very fine rice.” A-lo-Sine consented, and worked so well with the dog that his rice was first-rate, while the field ploughed by the buffalo produced hardly anything. Moû, then, full of spite, went by night into his cousin’s field, and set fire to it: A-lo-Sine saw the flames, and, unable to repress his despair, uttered piercing cries, and rolled in the field.