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the outer anchorage, I recommend before embarking on a pleasure 

 expedition, waiting for a low tide to give you the rough direction 

 of these passages ; and I would strongly advise fresh comers landing 

 in boats, to use none but the recognized fair- ways. 



The rise and fall of the tide here is enormous : You may be pulling 

 across what appears to be a sheet of deep water, when suddenly 

 the boat grounds ; and if it is on an ebb tide, in a quarter of an 

 hour, despite all efforts, you will find yourself high and dry ; stranded 

 in the middle of a mud flat, with nothing left but the amusement of 

 kicking your heels, till in six hours time the flood comes in to 

 float you off. 



An experience of this sort, in severe weather at night, without 

 shelter, is no joke. The tide, also, in some channels, runs like a 

 mill race ; so if you are going far from the ship, endeavour if 

 possible to have a fair stream to return with. 



This is especially applicable when visiting Yong Jong island. 



Bags. 



i Gun. May 8th, '86. 2 Guns. April i2th, '86. 



19 Snipe. i Duck. 10 Duck. 3 Curlew. 



i Gun. December i6th, '87. 

 4 Pheasants (one cock weighing 2lb. 1302.) 6 Quail. 



