SMALI, GAME 9I 



insignificant, small reddish-brown animal 

 with a rufous patch at the base of the neck, 

 the ears and upper part of the tail much 

 the same colour as the back. It is generally 

 known as the Chinese hare (Lepus sinensis), 

 and weighs from two to three pounds. 



Like the deer, the hare in China is a 

 prolific breeder often giving birth to a litter 

 of four or five leverets. 



Wild fowl : 



"Wedge their way 



Intelligent of seasons, and set forth 

 Their aery caravan high over seas 

 Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing 

 Easing their flight." 



Wild fowl begin to put in appearance 

 in North China generally towards the end 

 of September, that is those of the duck 

 tribe, for the arrival of the swans and geese 

 is always much later, and would seem to be 

 entirely dependent upon the climatic condi- 

 tions in the Far North. 



In common with all the other varieties 

 of birds which participate in the Great 

 Asian migration scheme, the wild fowl that 

 visit China breed in the early summer 

 months in that dreary, swampy, treeless, 



