134 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



reeds, and then you are almost immediately on the snipe ground. 

 The birds will be found mostly in the grass patches between the maize, 

 millet, and rice fields ; they do not care much for the wet, and are 

 particularly partial to the ground where the yellow crow's foot 

 flower grows. This portion of the snipe district only extends 

 around the village D, there being an exceptional fruitful bit over, 

 and close to the creek, that runs into the river, just above the 

 village. 



If the reader will turn to the map, he will see marked on it an 

 u Abrupt hill." Well ! between village D, this Abrupt hill, and a 

 bridge, also marked there are a continuance of small pieces of 

 snipe ground which are well worth shooting over. 



The creek E, holds the most duck, and being not too deep and 

 covered in places with weed, it proves a capital place to wait to 

 intercept birds coming in to feed. 



Of the turnings of the river which lead to the lagoon on the left 

 of the bluff, I only know by hearsay ; but I believe a lot of duck 

 were shot in them, only they were very hard to approach. 



The river mouth will be found most difficult navigation, owing to 

 the immense number of sand banks, besides which the rise and fall 

 of the tide is very considerable which fact has to be taken into the 

 calculations for the return journey. Fpassage is the best for big boats, 

 the channel being quite deep enough to admit of the state of the 

 tide being immaterial. You must take the precaution to keep close 



