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twelve and the eight bores the shooter will 

 be most efficiently equipped. It must be 

 understood that I am advising the shooter 

 to equip himself with double barrelled 

 hammerless guns and automatic or non- 

 automatic as he may prefer. A full me- 

 dium price gun would prove less liable to 

 get out of order and generally more satis- 

 factory. 



Dog: The four dogs in general use in 

 China are retrievers, spaniels, setters and 

 pointers, and " what is the best kind of 

 dog for sporting purposes " is a question to 

 which various answers have been given. 

 My own dog is a half-breed German pointer, 

 medium size and liver colored. I have 

 shot over him for five years, and he has 

 always borne himself intelligently in the 

 field. He is now eight years old, slightly 

 deaf, eyesight somewhat impaired, but 

 otherwise strong and still useful. On this 

 particular subject I know of no authority 

 more competent to instruct than my friend 

 H. T. Wade, an old sportsman in China, a 

 close observer and whose opinion is based 

 on long experience. The following quot- 

 ation is from Wade's book entitled " With 



