Cormorant-fishing in China. 



The Chinese Cormorant is of a blackish brown on the upper part of its body, ^l***^™*^ 

 spotted with brown, and the throat is white. The plate represents '^^^"S 

 managed on the lakes and canals of China, and the process is explained in the following !«^™£ 

 Oomte an old French writer—" To this end Cormorants are educated as men rear up spaniels 01 hawks, 

 ZA'lFZZX '-age a hundrea. The fisher carries them ^^^T^SSR 

 whale of his boat, where they continue tranquil and expecting his order ^J^*™^™ At T\ S Z'v Y 

 the proper place, at the first signal given, each flies a different way, to-^^J^Jg^^J^^J 

 pleasant, on this occasion, to behold with what sagacity they portion out the «^ tt « «f»fc J Ceat tot 

 upon doty, they hunt abont, they plunge, they rise a hundred times to the surface, until they ha e at tot 

 found thei prey. They then seize it with their beak by the middle, and carry it without fad to then 

 2r When the fish i too large, they then give each other mutual »r^i^S^£JS^ 

 the other by the tail, and in this manner carry it to the boat together. There the boatman stretches out 

 one of h" long oars, 'on which they perch, and being t^t^^^^^fj?" 

 their sport. When they are wearied he lets them rest; but they are never fed till their work is over. 



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