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the north and south. In this region the 

 shooter may find ahnost every variety of 

 small and large game. He can enjoy 

 shooting on the mountains or the plains as 

 the crops cultivated are tempting to both 

 birds and animals. 



The source of the Yang-tze river has 

 never been explored, but it rises in the 

 mountains of Tibet and runs a course of 

 3,200 miles before it empties its waters into 

 the sea near the port of Shanghai. In the 

 " Comprehensive Geography of the Chinese 

 Empire " this river is divided by Richard 

 into three principal parts : the first, tor- 

 rential ; the second, semi-navigable ; and 

 the third, navigable throughout. By the 

 same high authority the torrential part 

 extends from the source to a short distance 

 above Hsuchow-Fu ; the semi-navigable 

 extends from Hsuchow to Ich'ang-Fu ; 

 and the navigable part extends from Ich'ang 

 to the sea. The course of the river is 

 not influenced by the afiluents flowing into 

 it, but by the slope of the land surface. 

 While the Yang-tze river is the central 

 artery of communication there is a net 

 work of navigable streams flowing into it, 

 and the shooter will have no difficulty in 



