Upstream migration of common and crucian carps to spawn in a river flowing into Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a gravel shore of Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a sandy shore of Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a gravel shore of Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a sandy shore of Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a rocky shore of Lake Biwa

Spawning of Gnathopogon caerulescens on a sandy shore of Lake Biwa

JOURNEY TO CHINA 5: CHINESE LAW. Chinese barristers strive so hard, striking so many oratorical poses that the magistrates, in order not to be distracted by the gestures of the defence and to lose nothing of his arguments, generally devote themselves to some manual work, one slices his desk with penknife cuts; the other draws crude little figures on stamped paper or fashions folded paper hens; others have recourse to a more efficient method, they close their eyes and fall into deep meditation from which the usher who shouts silence! with all his might is at great pains to extract them... it is for this reason that Chinese justice is represented with a bandage over its eyes