140 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



CHINA. 



NEWCHANG. 



Before writing one word about the shooting in China Proper ; 

 I must trust that the residents of the different ports, who may take 

 the trouble to peruse this volume, will not subject my remarks, to 

 a too critical investigation. I verily believe that the notes are 

 reliable, as far as they go, but I naturally do not set myself up as an 

 authority ; nor can I (a Bird of passage), hope to compete against 

 the greater personal knowledge, gained by long experience of 

 sportsmen, who have lived for years in the East. 



Around Newchang in October and towards the close of the 

 year, geese and duck of all kinds are plentiful ; there are also a 

 small number of snipe and plover to be shot at the same season ; 

 but a few weeks later, when once the severe weather has set in, 

 and salt water as well as fresh is covered with a thick coating of ice, 

 the creeks and marshes are quite deserted by all water-fowl. 



