Sporting Notes in the Far East. 123 



COREA. 



CHEMULPHO. 



Many are the growls and bitter complaints, that I have heard 

 issuing from the lips of the inmates of a ship, that has suddenly 

 received orders, to sail for this devoted spot. But don't believe in 

 them ! If you are a sportsman, and your vessel should by luck 

 (as I say), be some day sent there, you personally will have no 

 reason to regret it. There is never any great quantity of "stuff" to 

 destroy, still in the autumn and spring, with a little trouble and a 

 good deal of strong exercise, results will be by no means unsatis- 

 factory; and speaking for all people concerned, the climate putting 

 aside two or three severe months in mid-winter is unexceptionable. 

 The glorious bright days of spring and summer, being usually 

 ushered in by a gorgeous sunrise, in a still peaceful morning, 

 without even a gentle zephyr, to disturb the rest, and mar the 

 harmony, of land and sea in perfect repose. 



