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good bag of geese and ducks. The weather 

 was favorable and we had been fortunate 

 in arriving at the lakes at the proper time. 

 Our bag during the two full days we shot 

 counted 120 large ducks and 30 geese. It 

 was the largest bag ever made by any 

 shooter on the lakes within so short a time. 

 It was larger than any I had made previous- 

 ly or since, and a pleasing feature was that 

 the count to each gun was practically the 

 same. 



Within the past three or four years the 

 foreign population of Ningpo has material- 

 ly increased and there are many more 

 shooters on the lakes than in former years, 

 but the lovely scenery and clear waters are 

 still inviting as a place for a few days of 

 recreation. 



The city of Ningpo has a population of 

 260,000, and is one of the five ports opened 

 to foreign trade by the Nanking treaty of 

 1842. It is built in a plain and, as stated, 

 on the left bank of the Yang-kiang river 

 about fifteen miles from the sea. The 

 plain in which the city is built is fertile 

 and produces good crops of rice and wheat. 

 The principal imports are kerosene oil, cot- 

 ton piece goods, matches, sugar, coal, opium, 



