TMil MORE DISTANT SHOOTING DISTRICTS. 1^ 



top of which are good footpaths. These enclosures are generally worth a trial for pheasants 

 or teal. At night they are great feeding places for fowl, 



3.— Nadoo (Tj iS). "Ferry Pass." 



Nadoo is a town lying to the South of the Creek bearing its name. Opposite to the 

 town on the North side is a big reed bed, at whose Western end is the Creek leading to the 

 formerly celebrated Sunpaboo. 



Proceeding Westwards, Satamiaou, on the South Bank is reached, and a small Creek 

 brings one to the hills, 12 // distant. 



4.— HuKOw (M P). "Lake Mouth." 



Hukow is 40 // West of Nadoo. The main Creek which runs through a big piece of 

 swamp ground is spanned here by a one-arch stone bridge. There is fair shooting all 

 about, but the best probably will be found on the South side. Passing Hukow a creek 

 trends Southward 12 // to the town of Maitsu, lying at the foot of a high and solitary hill, 

 capped with the inevitable joss-house. At the Eastern base of the hill is a pretty ravine, 

 on whose sides box, tea and scrub oak flourish, and it usually turns out a good find. From 

 the summit of the hill the Tananhu (>^ 1^ \M), or Great South Lake, may easily be seen. 

 40 // Westward of Hukow is the famed Tungpa (^ IP), or Eastern Barrier, built to prevent 

 the inflood of the waters of the Kuchen Lake. Houseboats can proceed no further than 

 this; but by crossing the barrier you can get a native boat, which will convey you to the 

 Hsiapa, or Lower Barrier, about 20 // Westward. All this country is highly favoured of 

 sportsmen, and though the bags are not as big now as they were, yet they are sufficiently 

 large to satisfy the average shooter. It is no uncommon thing to come across parties of 

 native shooters for the Shanghai market, varying in number from 3 to 12 guns ; and as these 

 men are dependent for their existence in the winter months on the result of their spoils it is 

 not difficult to imagine that they beat the covers thoroughly and do not indulge in many 

 fancy shots. This was once a noted country for pig, but they are seldom met with now, 

 though pheasants, deer, hares and woodcocks are always to be found, and the sportsman 

 not unfrequently " happens " on duck and teal. . It was for years the scene of many a big 

 shoot, but nowadays there is a growing tendency to "cross the bar," and get into what is 

 rather improperly called the Wuhu country. Returning to Leyang, the shooter's next effort 

 will possibly be to make for Pejow. 



5.— Pejow (^ :}§ ). " Well Known Bridge." 



Just to the South and West of the town is the celebrated Pasijow Creek, the scene of 

 the great bag of 1873, when, as before mentioned, 1,629 head, 1,496 of which were pheasants, 

 were accounted for by the Groom party. But the chief features of the country are now 

 wofuUy changed ; the copses have been so thinned as to afford no cover, while the numerous 

 reed beds, erstwhile havens of safety for the lovely ring-necked bird, are now being 

 drained and raised, and smiling rice fields are rapidly supplanting them. Haitsu (W ^), 

 30 //, and Choksijow (® ^ '^), 30 // further to the West, on the same Creek, should not 

 be passed when one is in their neighbourhood. 



6.— KiNTANG (^ ig). "Golden Altar." 

 It is quite possible to get to Kintang by the Choksijow Creek, but the usual route is 



