GOAT GLEN 11 



The Goat Glen mentioned before is a brancli of tlie 

 San-yu-tung, and is so called from its being inhabited 

 by a species of wild goat. Owing to the wildness and 

 precipitous nature of the locality, it seems to be par- 

 ticularly adapted to their habits. 



Picture to yourself a deep valley, with the entrance 

 very narrow and steep, widening out here and there 

 into broad cup-shaped expansions almost surrounded 

 by unscalable precipices, and here and there huge 

 piles of enormous boulders lying in the greatest con- 

 fusion, a small stream of water runniu"- through 

 the centre fed by several rivulets, plants of almost 

 innumerable species, many being of great beauty, 

 growing in every possible place, and some idea may 

 be formed of this exquisite gorge » , 



It may be imagined that in such a place it is not 

 easy to get a shot at the goats, particularly as they con- 

 ceal themselves in the luxuriant veo^etationfor the a'reater 

 part of the day. The most practicable way is for the 

 sportsman to gain the summit of the cliff in such a place 

 as to command a view of the valley in one of its wider 

 parts, taking care to get there as quietly as possible. 



The beaters also ascend, but on the opposite side, 

 and hurl huge stones over the precipice. These descend 

 by leaps of hundreds of feet into the valley beneath, 

 and startle the goats from their concealment, when they 



