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CHAPTER XXll— Continued. 



YANGTZE NOTES. 



From CHINKIANG to NANKING. 



BY THE SHANGHAI-NANKING RAILWAY. 



/^OOD snipe bags can be obtained practically all along the whole route of the railway, 

 " but preference may be given to the neighbourhoods of Kaotze and Siashu, where there 

 are good marshes quite close to both railway stations. Several bags of over 100 head in a 

 day were made here during the season 1909. 



Mixed bags of fair size may be made starting from Lungtan and working the 

 thick covers over the low hills to the South of the railway. Though pheasants are not so 

 plentiful in this district as they used to be deer seem to be more in evidence than ever. 

 Pig, too, may be had for the working, and this entails going further south, and camping 

 out or sleeping in temples amongst the hills. 



Lungtan (Ib^M) "Dragon River" can be reached by houseboat via the Lungtan 

 Creek which runs into the Yangtze, until the middle of November, and fair shooting may 

 be had all along this waterway. It would be as well to tell the lowdah to keep a watchful 

 eye on the water of this creek which sometimes falls very rapidly, and it may be will leave 

 the boat high and dry until the river rises in the following Spring. This actually happened 

 to a launch towing a houseboat in November, 1907. 



LONE TREE Hill (M W W " Lone Tree Village." The railway station is almost at 

 the foot of this hill which is a well known landmark for many miles round. Fair pheasant 

 shooting may be had inland towards the South, and snipe and wildfowl to the North 

 between the railway and the Yangtze. 



YAOHWAMEN (^ it P^) " High Production Gate." Quite good pheasant shooting is 

 to be got here in December when the natives have commenced to cut the cover, which is 

 very dense in this neighbourhood. Pig and deer are both said to be fairly plentiful, and an 

 occasional wolf may be accounted for. 



TaipinGMEN {A^f^) "The Peace Gate." A good day's sport can be had by 

 commencing shooting on either side of the railway line. For choice preference should 

 be given to the South side, where there is fine cover on the hill side, a sure find for 

 pheasants in November and December. 



