l82 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



passed through more than one severe gale 

 of wind. 



If I should ever again decide to shoot on 

 the Chi'en-t'ang river, or to revisit the places 

 I have named above, I should take with me 

 several yards of thick canvass, a medium 

 size rug, a cooking stove, a small heating 

 stove, and certainly a folding bedstead and 

 mattress and warm blankets. If we had had 

 these articles our trip would have been far 

 more comfortable. I do not suppose it would 

 be possible to engage a boat better than the 

 one we had, and as a proper houseboat could 

 not conveniently be carried several miles 

 across the country and put into the river, 

 let the shooter, who goes where we did, be 

 sure to arrange in advance every detail with 

 reference to his boat and crew, and to have 

 the agreement in writing and signed in the 

 presence of some Chinese official. Such a 

 course will save him a great deal of trouble, 

 and I would advise him to make the trip 

 during the latter part of November, 

 as undoubtedly we had delayed too long. 



The country in which we had been shoot- 

 ing was mostly agricultural. There were 

 some beautiful plains on the right bank of 



