174 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



people are civil, and accommodation can always be obtained at 

 the small farms, although it is of somewhat rough description. 



BAN-KIN-SING, situated at the foot of the hills, about twenty-five 

 miles from Takow. There is another Roman Catholic mission 

 house here, and the priest is always glad to offer lodgings to 

 foreigners. Pheasants are found in the long grass as before, but 

 they are not in great quantities on account of their being shot, and 

 trapped by the natives ; snipe are to be got within a short distance 

 of the mission house. 



In selecting one of these expeditions ; Ling-chuy-hai is a good 

 place to fix on for headquarters taking food, bedding, and 

 clothes. 



Locomotion to this place is done by chairs, the distance from 

 the port being twenty miles ; the chair coolies and carriers act 

 as beaters, when on the shooting grounds. The tariff for coolies 

 beating, is from twenty five, to thirty cents per diem. 



A bargain must be struck with the chair coolies before starting, 

 and some money will have to be advanced to them at once, to 

 enable them to buy food for the trip, as there is none procurable up 

 country. 



Mosquito nets and " Keating's" powders, add greatly to comfort. 



The head-man (a farmer) of Ling-chuy-hai, is a capital guide, 

 knowing exactly where birds are laid during the different periods 

 of the day. 



