SU SHIH (Chinese, 1036-1101), better known as Su Tung-p'o, an almost universal genius and a great favorite with the Chinese literary public, was a native of Meishan, Szechuan Province.

The Periplûs of the Erythrêan Sea is the title prefixed to a work which contains the beſt account of the commerce carried on from the Red Sea and the coaſt of Africa to the Eaſt Indies, during the time that Egypt was a province of the Roman Empire.

Fishers definning sharks and throwing them back in the water to die

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