1 68 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



man who omitted to take any precaution of this kind whatever. 

 The result was, that on arriving at the river completely confused, 

 instead of walking down stream towards where his vessel was 

 anchored ; on the contrary he started as hard as he could go, up 

 bank. 



The upshot of this being a night spent out, for himself ; and a 

 lot of worry and bother with " search parties," for others. 



They say, that pheasants before long, in many of the sporting 

 districts, will be quite extinct ; and most certainly they will owing 

 chiefly to their being overshot, in conjunction with the immense 

 destruction caused by the enormous amount of trapping done by the 

 Chinamen, as a ready market for their poached spoil is always 

 procurable. 



But just to show that there are still a few birds left, the following 

 bag made lately by a party from Hong-Kong, shooting for a month 

 in one of the best Yang-se countries, will speak for itself 

 1300 Head (without counting quail and snipe). 



But it is not everyone that can spare the time, let alone the 

 expense ! 



I was told they were shooting in the " Nghang-Kihng Province," 

 above Chingkiang. 



SADDLE ISLANDS. 



Greater bustard appear on these islands in October, and remain 

 during the greater part of the winter. 



