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A Pretty Bag. — Between Kashing and Hai E in the Christmas holidays 1909 Mr. W. S. Jackson 



accounted for : — 



15 pheasants 

 26 woodcock 

 20 partridges 

 31 quails 

 2 hares 

 1 teal 



Total, 95 head. 



Nice Work. — In January 1902 on Grosse Island Mr. H. R. Hearson in one day bagged 49 

 pheasants, I deer and a crowd of quails. 



Level Shooting. — In the Pennu Creek in 2*^2 days in November, 1897, Messrs. E. O. 

 Arbuthnot and R. Wortmann shot 114 pheasants, the former bagging 59 and the latter 

 56 birds. 



WILD-FOWL. 



A Record. — A recent visitor from America, Mr. Newberry, shooting from blinds at Block 

 House Island in February 1894 got in 10 tides — 



362 ducks 

 42 geese 

 18 swan 



Total, 422 head. 



The swan gave close shots ; 3 fell to as many No. 8 Cartridges. 



A Wonder/til Shot. — In 1874, at Soongkong, Mr. W, H. Walker got close to geese while 

 feeding and, on their raising their heads to scrutinize the newcomer, let off both 

 barrels at them and collected II fine birds. 



Effective Shot.— In 1873, at Soongkong, a favourite feeding-ground for fowl, the late 

 Messrs. G. W. Coutts and Ed. Tobin stalked a company of widgeon and teal and 

 bagged 59 of them with four barrels. 



Fine Sport.— At Bush Island in two days Messrs. J. J. Bell-Irving and G. T. Veitch killed— 



7 swan 



15 geese 



9 ducks 



Total, 31 head. 



Among tJie Geese.— In December, 1901, Messrs. Derby and Collingwood and Captain W. E. 

 Kent made a bag of 466 head. The following particulars are interesting. The 

 shooting lasted for 21 days, but one of the party was only shooting 14 days, or 

 doubtless the wildfowl bag would have been larger, li days were spent on the Taiping 

 marsh strictly devoted to the geese, but only one really good day was experienced. 

 It was very blowy and overcast and 32 birds were bagged. Geese were there in millions, 

 but flying very high. One of the party bagged 92 geese with his 12 bore, bored for 

 Kynoch's 3 inch brass shells, loaded with 4 drams of powder and 1% ounces No. 2 



