12 WITH BOAT AND GUN IN THE YANGTZE VALLEY. 



as likely as not, a goose ; while the walking is of the pleasantest kind. Haiee, to-day, is 

 certainly one of the most popular resorts. 



There are two ways of getting to Haiee : one by way of Bingoo, turning off at 

 Pasaling, and entering the Haiee Creek at Sanlijow (H S 1^) ; the other is via Kashing, as 

 above described. 



17.~Haining (S ^)- "Calm Sea." 



This city, well known to the many visitors who make it their coigne of vantage 

 whence to see the celebrated Hangchow Bore, 4s on the Hangchow Bay, midway between 

 the cities of Haiee and Hangchow. There are many routes to it, but possibly the quickest 

 is via Kashing, Haze and Sajao, roughly I06 miles. There is not much shooting in this 

 neighbourhood, yet the visitor may fill up his spare time while waiting for the Bore by a 

 tramp over the graveyard to the North of the city and behind the Pagoda, in which in the 

 spring snipes in some seasons are to be found in fair numbers. Of course there is always 

 the chance of getting a woodcock hereabouts, as there certainly is in the whole length of 

 the Hangchow Bay, also a partridge and a teal or two. 



18.-HANGCHOW (tfc i+l). "The Junk City." 



Hangchow, at the South- West end of the Grand Canal, is 454 li from Shanghai, and a 

 tow by native steam-launch may be had for a charge of $13. 



It is a place of the greatest interest, as will be seen from Bishop Moule's notes further 

 on ; but as a sporting district it is scarcely attractive enough, unless big game were the 

 shooter's object. The hills all round, up to Datching, Hukong and Bingjow, are mostly 

 covered with scrub oak, with bases of pine and bamboo copses. Pheasants here are more 

 often heard than seen, but the covers hold partridge, deer and the graceful muntjac, while 

 wildfowl of all kinds flight in from the Chientang river. 



19.-HUCHOW iM^)' "The Lake City." 



Huchow, 150 // due North of Hangchow, 148 li North-West of Kashing, and some 15 li 

 from the Southern end of the Taihu, was generally taken en route to the shooting districts 

 West of the lake, but of late has not been much visited. There is a series of ponds, stretching 

 many a // to the West of the city, whose sedgy margins at one time swarmed with pheasants, 

 and whose surfaces were darkened by flocks of unwary fowl. The ponds still remain, but 

 the creek banks have been given up to the mulberry tree and high farming. Six li South- 

 west of the city begins the lovely Maychee Creek. At Dongkow the scrub-covered hills run 

 sheer down to the waters and are well worth seeing. The Creek— broad and clear, with a 

 shingly bottom which makes the water look almost blue,— after passing through a long 

 mulberry district; finally ends at the base of some low rolling hills. Hard weather and a 

 Northerly wind would probably bring in a lot of wildfowl. As regards game, the shooter 

 might rely on getting pheasant, partridge, deer and various kinds of wildfowl, but possibly 

 not in any great quantity. The Maychee pheasants are famous for their size, the birds often 

 running to a weight of 4 lb. 



