10 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



When such are some of the charac- 

 teristics of the people of China the shooter 

 need not be surprised if his reception is not 

 alike in all the provinces he may visit. In 

 one province he may be cordially received, 

 but as soon as he crosses the border into 

 another he may not be long in detecting an 

 unfriendly disposition in the sullen aspects 

 that greet him. But he must not be dis- 

 couraged, for if somewhat liberal he will 

 quickly perceive that he has friends only. 

 A Mexican dollar is the diplomat in China 

 before whose influence all difficulties dis- 

 appear as the mist before the rising sun. 



It will be of interest to have an idea of 

 the distribution of the population, because 

 there are more native shooters than formerly 

 and it is not advisable to look for game 

 in the thickly populated sections of the 

 Empire. China is in no sense evenly 

 populated ; in some provinces the popu- 

 lation is dense while in some it is 

 sparse. The great plain of North China, 

 the Yangtse basin, the Szechu'an table- 

 land, the coast region and the Si-kiang 

 delta are the most densely populated parts 

 of the Empire. The provinces which have 



