202 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



tin, iron, soap and candles. The exports 

 are rush hats, matting, paper fans and um- 

 brellas, green tea, carpets, raw cotton and 

 groundnut oil. Ice preserved fish is a con- 

 siderable article of commerce. A few years 

 ago the Ningpo plain was excellent shoot- 

 ing ground for pheasants, and the small 

 ponds in the fields were favorite places of 

 wild ducks, but now the game is not so 

 plentiful, as the foreign population of the 

 port in recent years has materially increased 

 and the breechloader has proved as destruc- 

 tive there as it has elsewhere in China. 



