CONTENTS. XIX 



Pirates — A Missionary Priest — An uncomfortable Neighbour 

 — An Ambush — A Bag of Game — A Silent Village — The 

 Tiger's Promenade — News — Under weigh — The Creek — A 

 Trap and a lucky Escape — A Charge, and the scuffle well 

 over — A Clipper Tea-ship in danger — On the track — An 

 honest or a pirate Junk 1 — A Capture and Disappointment — 

 Suspected Bribery — Tienpak — A luxurious Mandarin — 

 " Would you like to have us on board the Gun-boat ?" — To 

 Nowchow and Hainan — A tiger's footprint — Every Bullet, 

 etc. . Pages 278-302 



CHAPTER XV. 



SHOOTING IN CHINA. 



Sou-chow Creek — Pheasants in Streams, and Snipe in every Swamp 

 — A good load for a Blue-jacket — Cormorant-fishing — Game 

 sent from China to Japan — An Admiral's Sport — Snipe-shoot- 

 ing— An old Sportsman— Orange-legged Partridge — A Sport- 

 ing Expedition — Friend or Foe ! — " Gipsy, ahoy ! " — Frog- 

 fishing — Shooting on the Canton River — A tempting bit of 

 Mud — Some disagreeables of Chinese Shooting-grounds 



Pages 303-320 



CHAPTER XVI. 



MORE CRtriSING AFTER PIRATES. 



Brigantine attacked — Abduction of three Girls — Tooni-ang — The 

 Headmen made responsible — The judicious effect of the Rope 

 —The Girls rescued— The New Year—" Puckshui"— Fifteen 

 Junks — A hasty Retreat — Unexpected relief — Charging a 

 Battery ^A fresh Fleet — Friends — The Mandarin's Force, and 

 how it fared — Macao to Puckshui — Grounded — A coming 

 Storm — Running before the Breeze — The last Shot — A Cap- 



