SOME CHINESE METHODS OF SHOOTING AND TRAPPING GAME. 



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to attract the wild bird, who, seeing a winged friend within and plenty of tempting eatables 

 about, without hesitation enters, treads on the hidden spring and suddenly finds himself 

 captive. 



A common way of killing birds was with a cross-bow and small pebbles. Falconry 

 has for centuries been practised in China. The falcon when perfectly trained is very clever 

 in pursuing and seizing its prey and returning with it to the trainer. 



Bird-lime, made of melted resin and oil, is smeared on the end of a bamboo, and 

 secures any small bird with which it comes in contact. All the above methods have been 

 in favour with sportsmen, and have answered admirably their intended purposes. 



CATCHING WILD DUCKS. ^ gp lg| 



A method which came under my observation during a shooting trip was this. At the 

 close of a cold December, some seven miles from the walled city of Kintang, near a large 

 pond, I saw a man beckoning to me, and as I approached he asked me not to shoot the 

 ducks in the pond. He explained that his friend was in the water; so I waited to see what 

 would happen, o After some time his friend landed wearing a large bamboo collar or cangue, 



Cangue used in Duck Catching. 



