HOUSEBOAT-GUN-DOG. 3! 



of the crew go ashore with the other end 

 and pull the boat along at the rate of 3 miles 

 per hour. When the wind is fair and the 

 nature of the waterway permits of course 

 the sail will be hoisted and unfurled to the 

 breeze. 



If the shooter begins his shooting trip 

 from one of the open ports he will usually 

 be able to engage a steam launch to tow 

 his houseboat many miles inland. At 

 Shanghai there are several launches with 

 regular schedules and running as far into 

 the interior as the depth of the water in the 

 creeks and canals will allow ; and by means 

 of the tow launches the shooting grounds 

 can be more quickly reached. The usual 

 hour for leaving Shanghai is 4 o'clock in the 

 afternoon and, as a rule, the houseboat may 

 be unfastened from the launch the following 

 morning and her bow pointed up some 

 stream that empties into the main water- 

 way, but too narrow or shallow except for 

 the houseboat I have described or some 

 small cargo boat. But now houseboats 

 are being built and fitted with gasoline or 

 kerosene engines and the boats thus con- 

 structed are proving satisfactory. Soon the 



