1 2 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



entrenching spade, called him to the edge of it, and administered to 

 the patient little beggar his last dose of medicine in the shape of a 

 small quantity of prussic acid ; he was dead in a moment, and I 

 left my servant to do the rest. 



A more faithful little dog never was whelped. It was curious 

 how Lazarus came by his biblical name. Brought out as a puppy 

 in a Trooper with several other larger dogs, and being for ever 

 hungry, he was always to be found in the vicinity of his larger 

 brethren at feeding time, and woe to any of them who dropped 

 any portion of their food ; Lazarus had it and was off in a 

 twinkling 



It was on account of this habit of his of taking the crumbs from 

 the big dog's table, and also that he was suffering at the time from 

 sores on the ears ; that he obtained from " Jack " this original 

 sobriquet. 



At the end of Part I. is appended a short list of simple and 

 beneficial recipes, for the canine ills most common in China. 



