Sporting Notes in the Far East. ^ 



In the districts where these grasses abound, a light linen canker 

 cap over the ears and tied under the jaws will be found a good 

 protection. 



These same seeds, will occasionally enter the feet between the 

 toes and by working up the legs under the skin cause acute in- 

 flamation. It is a most difficult task to locate these seeds, and 

 there is no remedy but fomentation, with the hope that they will 

 work their way to the surface before long, which fortunately they 

 nearly always do. 



In some parts of the East, especially North Japan the vegeta- 

 tion in the autumn is swarming with ticks, and these persistent 

 little brutes will occasion an intolerable amount of worry to a 

 dog if left in his coat, even for a few hours. Therefore if shoot- 

 ing in these more or less infested parts, extract the insects 

 immediately on your return home ; if not they will get fixed, i.e. 

 their head and shoulders well buried ; and will have commenced 

 to suck, and some hundreds of these ferocious little beggars, 

 filling themselves out till they reach the size of small acorns, will 

 in a single day completely destroy a dog's condition. 



The females absorb the most and reach by far the biggest 

 proportions. 



They say that a solution of strong tobacco juice and water will 



effect a cure. Lut I have found that nothing can be applied with 



y to a dcg's coat, that will at once destroy these insects. 



