Sporting Notes in the Far East. 1 49 



tiously round on his stomach, and places its meshes half over the 

 far side of the next bush, ahead of the one containing the quail, 

 and this satisfactorily accomplished, he makes a retrogade move- 

 ment to the rear in much the same position as before. 



And now comes the turn of the leader of the party, who is 

 generally an ancient Celestial of many summers. Keeping the 

 bush that contains the quail, between him and the one covered 

 with the net, he slowly advances, gently tapping the ground with 

 his long wand, at the same time emitting a low kind of hissing 

 sound like an annoyed snake ; as he draws nearer, the quail gets 

 alarmed, and will eventually run into the netted bush, and once 

 there, his doom is sealed. 



At a given signal, with one wild shriek, in rush the whole mob ; 

 poor " wee qualkie " flies up against the net, and the next moment 

 with sticks and stones is annihilated surely a most tragic end ! 



But to continue with my directions Another good line to take 

 for a day's exercise, is to tramp the high ground to the right (looking 

 from the harbour) of the Bamboo Temple, which is an edifice built on 

 the top of the highest hill of the range, that runs past about three 

 miles behind Yentai. The " sport n (a rather unpleasant Yankee 

 substitute for " sportsman," but a common expression in the East) 

 may possibly shoot a couple of hares, a few pigeons, and if lucky 

 might see a pheasant or partridge ; but should he get nothing else, 



