7fi GUN, BOD, AND SADDLE. 



CHINESE OYSTEES. 



In my ^yanderi^g•s fibout the Chinese coast in 

 scorch of game, I frequently came across immense 

 banks of oysters, apparently no person's property ; 

 ai:d this is the more remarkable when we remember 

 that there is probably no people on the face of the 

 globe who have the same skill in rendering all 

 descriptions of animal matter fit for table purposes. 

 About thirty miles from Victoria, the capital of 

 Hong Kong, on the route to the entrance of the 

 Canton River, is situated the entrance to a bay, 

 Avhich from the distance it runs inland is designated 

 Deep Bay; the northern shore is- one continuous 

 mud-bank, on the upper portion of which are to 

 be found actually acres of oysters. My acquaint- 

 ance with this fact is not likely to be forgotten. A 

 friend and I had been shooting wild fowl; a cripple 

 had given us a long chase toward sliore, and after 

 we had succeeded in capturing the bird, we found 

 our return cut olf, as the tide had receded, and the 



