Sporting Notes in the Far East. 187 



Hire for the hakka boat five dollars per diem. 



Bag. 



3 Guns, December 3rd and 4th, 1888. 



90 Snipe. 6 Quail. 



2 Partridges. i Pigeon. 



CANTON. 



Snipe shooting is the main sport here, but to follow it with 

 success, entails unfortunately an immense amount of worry and 

 disappointment, largely due to the great distance of the grounds 

 from the city. And then, even when they are reached, it is quite a 

 toss up whether one has any fun or not : as Canton snipe are there 

 one day, and away the next. 



\VHAMPOA, fourteen miles by river below, and another district 

 twelve miles (also by water) above Canton ; are the usual places 

 of resort for local sportsmen. 



The shooting is all over paddy, with plenty of stiff walking, and 

 beware of the " foo-foo " (manure) tubs ; should you tumble into 

 one, you are likely to have a strong perfume of " wild honey " 

 about your person, for some days afterwards. 



September is undoubtedly the best month. 



If you can spare the time, I think I should leave the snipe 

 shooting alone, and go instead a couple of months later, to a place 

 that I have remarked on earlier in the book, called Ting-ou-shan, 



