SPORTING NOTES IN THE FAR EAST. 



CHAPTER I. 



<;;!?, X order to make good bags anywhere in the East, the services 

 =^ of a sporting dog are quite indispensable. 



It is not so much in finding game, but in picking up dead birds 

 that the necessity for them is so apparent. 



For good all round work, I would recommend a strong 

 long legged Clumber spaniel, the length of leg for the heavy 

 undergrowth invariably met with up North. 



He should be under perfect control (many a shot at deer is 

 missed through shouting and holloaing at a useless dog) and 

 ought to be at least two years old before he is brought out from 

 England, and should in no case be subject to attacks of mange, 

 dogs on account of working in bad or putrid water suffer greatly 

 from this miserable disease, and also through much the same 

 cause, in drinking this water, are often seized with a dreaded 

 and almost fatal illness known as worms in the heart. 



