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end of the river is several miles wide, and 

 the waves often cause the large ocean going 

 steamships to move unsteadily. My own 

 experience confirms the above suggestion 

 given me by a friend when he heard that I 

 was preparing for a shoot on the Yangtze 

 river. I well remember that on one occasion 

 if I had not heeded the suggestion I would 

 probably have beeu compelled to try the 

 temperature of the Yangtze water one cool 

 afternoon in the month of February. 



My longest shoot up the Yangtze was in 

 the early part of the month of December. I 

 travelled on one of the large river steamers 

 from Shanghai to Wuhu, and there a friend 

 had ready for me a splendid houseboat and 

 a full crew. By arrangement the American 

 Consul General at Hankow and his friend 

 met me, and we at once started in separate 

 houseboats for Wuhu creek and yulohed 

 during the night in order to be on the shoot- 

 ing ground early next morning. The trip 

 was not successful. Nearly all the cover 

 had been cut and the pheasants had left 

 the usual feeding places and we bagged 

 only a few. The trip, however, was not 

 devoid of incident and some amusement. 

 We were shooting in the country back of 



