Sporting Notes in the Far East. 87 



Another place to go is the salt water lagoon on the spit at the 

 North of the harbour. 



For this lagoon, daybreak is the time ; and you will then be sure 

 i some shots at the duck, who have been feeding in the long 

 rushes around its edges during the night, and have not yet left for 

 the sea. 



Bags. 



3 Guns, South Bay, September i4th, 1886. 

 22 Teal and Widgeon. 8 Snipe. 



4 Quail. 2 Pheasants. 



3 Various, 

 i Gun, Salt Water Lagoon, September i6th, 1886. 



7 Duck. i Snipe. 



Should a ship go to St. Vladimir in the month of August, there 

 is not a feather in the place. I therefore recommend the gunner 

 to confine his energies, solely to deer. 



If he is willing to walk hard and go quietly, there are plenty to 

 be seen ; and what is more, these deer are not all of the same 

 small species which are generally shot. Animals have more than 

 once been put up as large as a small red deer ; and a messmate of 

 mine once returned in a very excited state to the ship, having had 

 a shot at one the size of a " jackass " ; how big that is I don't 

 quite know. 



