124 SPORTING ADVENTURES 



Here and there, where the river had overflowed 

 its banks, a marshy patch would yield a few 

 couple of snipe, and so a very pretty bag could 

 be made. My last day at this place with 

 another gun was nine couple of snipe and eight 

 brace of ducks before breakfast. It was always 

 advisable to carry a revolver, owing to the 

 disturbed state of the country, but we were 

 never molested. 



There are deer, wild boars, and jaguars or 

 tigers as they are called, in the woods, also 

 turkeys, pheasants, and other game, but they 

 are difficult to get at, and we could not spare 

 time enough to make an expedition to any 

 distance from our head-quarters. Besides sport 

 there is very much to interest and amuse one at 

 Tepic ; a favourite rendezvous of ours was the 

 cotton factory of Jauqa, belonging to Messrs. 

 Barron, Forbes, and Co. The house looks 

 more like a baronial mansion than a factory ; it 

 is surrounded by trees, and has a beautiful 

 garden, through which the river runs; the 

 stream turns the machinery of the factory. 



