Sporting Notes in tJie Far East. 25 



to die, occasionally murmuring that " he did not ship for this 

 v< ." and of course poor fellow, although not to be blamed, he 

 more or less helpless. 



My friend seeing no hell) for it, but to " lay out " for the night ; 

 dug a hole in the ground with a large knife, and then broke off a 

 lot of fog ladened branches from some small trees ; put his servant 

 into the hole and then got in himself, drawing the branches over 

 them both for warmth and protection. What with the fog and rain 

 it was bitterly cold, and to make matters worse, they were tormented 

 by myriads of mosquitoes. Next morning both were unable to 

 walk, through cold and stiffness, but my friend managed to 

 crawl up to the top of a small hill close by ; where, later on in the 

 day, he was found by one of the many search parties, sent out 

 from the fleet. 



They were both more dead than alive from exposure ; and I 

 think there can be no doubt that had they stuck to the path, they 

 would never have failed in returning to the ship. 



Should you at any time find it necessary to ride on horseback to 

 any shooting district, and you have to carry your own gun and car- 

 tridges ; avoid carrying the cartridges loose in a bag, as the constant 

 jolting, will shake the shot out of the best turned in cylinders. 



This unfortunately once occurred to me : when after an eighteen 

 mile ride from Nagasaki Japan, I found on reaching the snipe 

 marsh, half my cartridges useless. 



