Il6 SHOOTING IN CHINA 



The most important, but all too self- 

 evident fact is that the game supply, as far 

 as foreigners in China are concerned, is 

 visibly and rapidly diminishing. How, 

 then, may something like a status quo ante 

 be reestablished ? There is still plenty of 

 game in China, certainly in the northern 

 part, or there would not be such bountiful 

 supplies for sale at such moderate prices as 

 are asked in the market. To say that 

 "China is shot out" is not to generalize 

 but to localize. In a sense it is getting 

 shot out, but almost entirely in those 

 districts which foreigners have made their 

 dwelling centres, and where abound hosts 

 of indiscriminating, irresponsible, thought- 

 less shooters of all nationalities. The 

 question naturally arises how best to check 

 this irrational gunning, and then how to 

 resuscitate the local game supply? Moral 

 suasion and the imposition of a shooting 

 license might help towards the solution of 

 the first question. Some scheme might be 

 formulated including the importation of 

 game birds from the interior or from abroad, 

 the importation of eggs from foreign 

 countries, which might easily be done with 

 safety in these days when a temperature 



