SMALL GAME 89 



In this connection it may be interesting 

 to note a fact not too generally known. 

 The Chinaman shoots with iron shot which 

 do not acqnire that perfect rotundity to 

 which the users of tower-dropped lead shot 

 are so well accustomed, and, as the sieve is 

 not used, only approximate uniformity of 

 size by hurried hand picking is obtained. 

 Sometimes this simple precaution is not 

 taken, and the charge may be found to be a 

 heterogeneous mass of spheroidal pellets, 

 ranging in sizes from number 9 to buckshot. 

 The native certainly is a believer in mixed 

 shot. 



On excellent authority it may be stated 

 that over 2,500 deer are sold during the 

 season in the Shanghai markets, and that 

 seldom is the price of $2.00 per head 

 exceeded. Such venison as is afforded by 

 the river deer is by no means considered a 

 table luxury, but the flesh, nevertheless, 

 constitutes in conjunction with good beef 

 steak a valuable base for a game pie. And, 

 anomolus as it may sound, what might pass 

 as excellent jugged hare and hare soup may 

 be derived from the proper culinary treat- 

 ment of the river deer. 



