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and try in, and around the cultivation between the villages A and 

 B ; also on the different portions of the island which are marked P. 



On Sodo island, work the fields and fences surrounding "Pegasus" 

 village. Of course the pheasants year by year increase in numbers, 

 and in doing so, will naturally change their ground ; therefore these 

 directions may not now, prove quite authentic. 



For quail, Sunhodo island is undoubtedly the best ; especially in 

 the long grass on, and beyond, the ridge over A village ; it is also 

 much better walking here. Most probable ground for quail, 

 depicted on the map by Qs. 



I fancy that the poor inhabitants of Port Hamilton must miss 

 the English very much, since we gave the islands back to the King 

 of Corea ; as they are usually on the point of starvation, and were 

 therefore much benefited by the old clothes and refuse food which 

 they used to collect from the different ships, besides having a most 

 profitable market for their fish. 



But we are well rid of this white elephant of a possession ! 



It would take an enormous amount of labour and money, to 

 fortify it strongly enough to resist a hammering from a hostile 

 fleet, besides requiring a couple of regiments to hold the heights 

 and prevent a landing. And as a gallant Admiral was said to have 

 remarked, as it stands now it is fit for nothing else but as a nest 

 for pirates, enabling them to slip out at one entrance, as the up- 

 holder of the law on the high seas, stands in at another. 



