234 WITH BOAT AKD GUN tN THE YANGTZE VALLEY. 



Fine Sport. — In December, 1901, an extraordinarily fine bag was made round the Tea Hills, 

 up the "Clear Water River" to the south west of Ningkuofu, and the Great South 

 Lake, in what may be called the Wuhu country. In 2lli days' shooting, Messrs. 

 James Bell Irving and A. Ross accounted for : — 



889 pheasants 

 27 deer 

 254 teal 

 24 ducks 

 26 woodcocks 

 32 hares 



18 bamboo partridges 

 9 geese 

 34 snipes 



1 bittern 



2 foxes 



1 wild cat 

 1 ground hog 



Total, 1,318 head. 



Great Shooting.— A record that may well find a place here is that of Mr. Commissioner 

 Rocher at the end of November and part of December, 1899, in the Wuhu country in 

 28 shooting days. 



464 pheasants 



6 woodcocks 



7 snipes 



2 partridges 

 27 quails 



' 2 geese 



11 ducks 

 96 teal 



4 deer 

 6 hares 



3 foxes 



1 weazel 

 10 kites, hawks and hen harriers 



Total , 638 head. 



A Pretty Bag. — A good bag on the "Clear Water River" by Messrs. Augustus H. White and 

 Van Corbach in 25 days, Christmas — New Year holidays 1908 and 1909 : — 



216 pheasants 

 23 ducks 

 112 teal 

 _ 37 woodcocks 



32 partridges 

 1 goose 



3 deer 



5 bares 

 13 snipes 

 17 quails 



4 pigeons 



Total, 463 head. 



