SHOOTING IN CHINA. 63 



' SHOOTING IN CHIKA. 



" You may go to Hong Kong." This name is 

 frequently substituted for another place currently 

 supposed to be warmer, but at the same time in 

 close proximity, for the soldiers used to say, on 

 whose authority I know not, that there was only a 

 sheet of brown paper between the two. However 

 this may be, Hong Kong is a very warm residence 

 during the southern monsoon, for the high hills 

 that protect the back of the garrison at that season 

 shut out every breath of air. For all this I never 

 saw the thermometer over 98 deg. Fah. in the 

 shade, so that according to statements of some of 

 the late residents at Wimbledon, England in tropical 

 heat can successfully compete with the world. But 

 if the weather should be warm in this distant portion 

 of Her Majesty's dominions during one portion of 

 the year, the temperature is delightful when the 

 northern monsoon sets in, and out-door amusements 

 can by change be the more appreciated. The 



