236 WITH BOAT AKD GUN IN THE YANGTZE VALLE-^. 



Clean Work. — On the 1st December, 1909, Mr. Oliveira near the Barrier as Hsia Pa shot 24 

 pheasants. 



A Very Varied Bag. — The following very varied bag was made in December, 1903, by- 

 Messrs. J. O. P. Bland, A. Watson, A. M. Marshall, W. C. Murray and A. E. Leatham 

 on the Chientang river, Hangchow. The walking was extremely hard, and the dogs 

 were not of much use in the thick undergrowth : — 



334 pheasants 

 115 partridges 



89 quails 



29 snipes 



15 woodcocks 



11 hares 



2 deer 

 1 goose 



3 ducks 

 8 teal 



2G pigeons 



1 plover 



2 foxes 



1 civet cat 

 1 corncrake 

 1 coon dog 

 1 wild cat 



Total, 640 head. 



Great Individual Pheasant Shooting. — In November 1901 in the Wuhu country, Mr. Bell Irving 

 made the following extraordinary bag of pheasants. 



10 November — 19 pheasants. 



Total, 540 head, or an average bag of 19 J brace a day. 



