Chap. VIII. 



CHINESE SPORTSMEN. 



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miles from this town. On my way there I fell in 

 with an old friend (Mr. Wills, of Shanghae), who 

 was enjoying a few days' sport amongst the Tein-tung 

 hills. During his rambles he had accidentally met 

 with a band of Chinese sportsmen, and had made an 

 engagement with them for the following day. I gladly 

 agreed to join the party, being most anxious to wit- 

 ness the manoeuvres of the natives in this character. 



We started early the next morning for the ap- 

 pointed rendezvous, where we found the Chinamen, 

 with their guns and dogs, already waiting for us. The 

 group was a most striking one, as may easily be ima- 

 gined. The leader of the band was one of the best 

 specimens of a Chinaman I had ever seen. He was 

 tall, well made, and had a fine high forehead and 

 open expression of countenance. Here he is, with 



[Mo-ze the Chinese Sportsman.] 



