2oo Sporting Notes in the Far East. 



I am sorry to say that I visited this charnel establishment, and 

 the spectacle of these gorged and disgusting birds, perched about 

 in this loathsome yard, is not likely to be forgotten for many 

 a long day. 



We arrived at Bangkok just after the British occupation of 

 Burmah ; and I wonder if it would be a great stretch of imagination 

 to draw a simile between Siam and the Channel of old England, as 

 boundaries between ourselves and our neighbours the French. 



The first being a narrow strip of land, containing one of the 

 richest and most fertile soils in the world ; and the other twenty- 

 four miles of waste blue water. 



I suppose that before many years have elapsed, this country will 

 have passed into the hands of one of the two nations : and taking 

 into consideration that Mossoo (always a bad colonizer) has the 

 greatest difficulty in keeping his grasp on Tonquin ; I should feel 

 tempted to foretell that those palms would belong to Britannia. 



ISLAND OF BORNEO. 



Herewith a Letter kindly written by my friend Lieut. D. D , 

 on the sport to be found on this Island. 



DEAR CRADOCK, The big game fauna of Borneo are not very 

 numerous, elephant, rhinoceros, bison, (bos banteng) or lissang as 

 they call them, abundance of pig and deer, and the crocodile proper, 

 which often grows to a great size in these vast mangrove swamps. 



