104 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



the little craft from broaching-to and capsizing. We sailed up the 

 river for about a mile, when we came to some shallows spanned 

 by a bridge, with a fish weir on beyond. Instead of struggling up the 

 shallows in the boat yourself, the simplest way is to hire a dozen 

 sturdy Jappers, who for twenty cents, will track the boat up to the 

 weir, and then carry her round. 



Half a mile further up still, the stream becomes very rapid, and 

 is bad for navigation ; and you won't be water-borne much beyond 

 the first swirl. The river ought to be full of fish, but none were 

 caught by the many anglers from the Fleet, and I fancy it is too 

 much netted. 



I left the boat for half an hour, and found and put up, with the 

 aid of the dog, quite a dozen pheasants. I would suggest, that if 

 ever a man gets away shooting here, he will get the best sport, by 

 prowling around the small wheat field stubbles, and the low scrub at 

 the edges of the valleys ; avoiding high ground and thick cover, 

 altogether. 



Getting out of the river in a small boat, over the bar, when there 

 is a breeze from the S.E. is extremely dangerous ; our boat stood 

 absolutely on end, in the heavy breakers : and although we had 

 two stout oars, and a " good man " at the helm : the rudder was 

 wrenched off, and the boat filled with water to the thwarts, 

 before we got clear ; a very near thing ! 

 The beach here is too rocky and steep, to allow of any seining. 



