CHAPTER XV. 



SHOOTING IN CHINA. 



Sport in the north of China is so well known that it 

 is hardly worth while remarking on it. At the present 

 time it is necessary to go a long way for the best shoot- 

 ing ; but in former years, when Shanghai was less than 

 half the size it now is, most wonderfully varied sport 

 was to be had within thirty miles or less of that port. 

 I started one evening with a friend or two, in a Chinese 

 covered boat, which are excellent things for shooting 

 trips, and during the night we were sculled or sailed 



