1 76 Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



native town). We shot between us, thirty-five snipe, and ought to 

 have got a few more, if the shooting had been a trifle straighten 



We were greatly worried and stung, in walking through the man- 

 groves, by a species of (I was going to say carnivorous) caterpillar ; 

 they attacked the dogs around the eyes, the swelling for the time, 

 half obliterating their sight : happily the inflammation subsides 

 after a few hours. 



As I have previously observed, January is the month for sport. 

 I am acquainted with a party of four guns, who went up to Swatow 

 by steamer from Hong-kong, in January '87 ; and I think a short 

 sketch of their proceedings will give a more or less clear idea of the 

 sport obtainable around that Settlement. 



On arrival at the port they took the precaution of enlisting the 

 services of a cute native called k ' Cock-eye," who is well known as 

 a great sportsman, and he possesses the double accomplishments 

 of knowing the tides, as well as the wild-fowl localities. The party 

 started from Swatow in a houseboat during the afternoon, and 

 arrived at the first ground, at the back of the city, in about a couple 

 of hours ; and in this locality they enjoyed the best sport of the 

 whole expedition. After a couple of days spent in these waters, 

 they tried higher up the river, at a place called (I think) Kitty-ying, 

 which was supposed to afford better shooting ; but this did not 

 appear to have been the case, for they shortly returned to the scenes 

 of their former destructiveness, nearer at hand. 



