138 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



exceptionally fine, pulling for the bluff, and getting out on the big 

 stones which at one place form a kind of rough pier; but should the 

 water be very smooth, a landing can also be effected on the rocks 

 on the opposite side of the northern beach. Landing places are 

 respectively marked on the Chart A, and B. 



We arrived here on the 29th of August, 1887, and all over the 

 plain running away from the bluff, snipe and quail there were in 

 plenty ; the shooter must also be prepared for the startling whirr 

 of an unexpected pheasant, as these birds will be put up, out of all 

 sorts of queer places. 



To the best of my ability, I have placed the haunts of all these 

 different species of spoil, down on the map such as it is ; and I 

 daresay it will explain things much better, than any amount of 

 detailed writing, in moderate English. 



Another part of the harbour worth going to, is "Audacious Bay" 

 from the head of which, stretches away a beautiful and highly 

 cultivated valley, intersected and watered for its whole length, by a 

 placid winding stream. We did not have the opportunity of 

 shooting over this place ; but from the inviting look of the ground, 

 and drawing conclusions from what we got elsewhere, I feel abso- 

 lutely convinced, that a party would be amply repaid by a heavy bag 

 of pheasants and quail, and as likely as not a deer, for the long weary 

 pull, and all the trouble and time expended in reaching this 

 Promised Land, 



