n8 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



if the tide be out, forbear to shoot, as the dead ducks will only be 

 laid out on the mud, and you will never get them, with the best of 

 dogs. Poor old Rock in one instance nearly lost the " number of 

 his mess," so deep and holding was this stuff; nevertheless, although 

 he took nearly half an hour getting fifteen yards, he bravely stuck 

 to his duck ; but on my hauling him out, was so done, that I had 

 to hire a man to carry him back to Isahaya. Shooting at Isahaya 

 before the rice is cut, there is none. 



Expenses. 



yen. cents. 

 Jinrickshaw for two days ... ... 2 50 



Tea-house ... ... ... ... i 20 



Coolie for bearer ... ... ... i oo 



Total ... ... 4 70 



KOW-WARA is also another district worth a visit. One hour in a 

 rickshaw, on a good but hilly road to Mogi ; then take a sampan 

 (two and a half hours by sea) till you come to the little bay of 

 Kow-wara; where there are two lakes close to the beach. In the reeds 

 around the smaller one, there are, in winter, a fair number of snipe ; 

 and an occasional duck may be shot along the edges of either 

 pieces of water. 



It was while shooting here, that I saw a very pretty bit of water 

 retrieving, done by my dog. 



I shot at, but only wounded, a large mallard, with No. 9 shot \ 

 he fell into the lake, and at once commenced swimming away, and 



