26 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



When out shooting with a party ; and for some unknown reason 

 (perhaps the whiskey the night before was above proof) you are 

 shooting badly. Do not make excuses, and swear at every shot 

 missed ; with the idea that everybody is criticising your shooting. 

 As in reality by keeping quiet, no one except perhaps your next 

 door neighbour is taking the slightest notice of you. Therefore 

 there is nothing to be gained by gesticulations, &c., which no one 

 really believes ; and they are only the means of drawing attention, 

 which will certainly not assist to regain the " lost confidence." 



