66 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



a dozen easy consecutive shots, is to wound a bird, and instead 

 of picking him up, conceal yourself close at hand. The poor 

 creature's cries, will soon attract every curlew in the .vicinity ; and 

 they will wheel about well within shot, replying with their con- 

 dolences, apparently quite heedless of their own immediate danger. 



