60 WILD FOWL 
Hankow a change is made into a larger steamer, and 
after three days more Shanghai is reached. 
Here I at once set about getting a supply of tin- 
lined cases for the collection I proposed to make in the 
far west of China and in Tibet. These are made very 
well in Shanghai, but I was unable to get them at 
Ichang. I was also fortunate enough to be able to buy 
two large-bore shoulder duck-guns, such things not 
usually being found for sale here. The Yang-tze-kiang 
is the home of myriads of wild-fowl of many kinds, 
and in the lower part of the river, especially at a place 
called Wu-hu, they are shot with comparative ease, as 
there are, as a rule, plenty of reeds, rushes, &c., which 
afford some cover. Further up the river, however, 
things change considerably, for there are generally 
plenty of wild-fowl and little or no cover. They are, 
therefore, very difficult to approach, and an ordinary 
12-bore is not of much use. I took one of these 
duck-guns afterwards into Tibet, where it proved to be 
of the greatest possible service. 
After a stay of a month at Shanghai my wife had 
nearly recovered from her attack of fever, and I now 
thought it would be safe to return up the river and pre- 
pare for my most important trip—that to Tibet, if I could 
get as far. The journey up isa more tedious affair than 
the journey down, and takes from ten days to three 
