1 6 - Sporting Notes in the Far East, 



CHAPTER III, 



PEA KING for the Navy : Time allowed for the shore is 

 limited ; and in consequence, many is the early start that 

 has to be made in the small hours of the morning, to enable one 

 to have a couple of hours shooting, and then be back in time for 

 divisions. 



Therefore (my advice is from bitter experiences) make all your 

 arrangements the night before, and do not trust to the " corporal 

 of the watch." 



How apt you are to say, " Oh I will get so and so ready in the 

 morning." Somehow it always seems so easy to put it off when 

 you are lazy after dinner. 



But when morning comes it is then quite a different pair of 

 boots. To begin with you are indeed lucky if that splendid piece 

 of unlubricated mechanism the " aft deck sentry " does not call 

 you an hour late, it is probably pitch dark, and your head, to say 

 the least of it, feels decidedly large. 



There is breakfast to be got, and for reasons unknown, nothing 

 seems to be in the right place. 



