120 WANDERINGS IN CHINA. Chap. VII. 
he is, with his gun and dogs, taken to the life by the 
pencil of Mr. Scarth, a gentleman to whom I am indebted 
for several of the sketches in this work. 
Mo-zu, the Chinese Sportsman. 
All the others seemed to look up to Mo-ze, for that 
was his name,' and were guided entirely by him. Their 
guns were all of the same description : they were long 
matchlocks, very slender in their make, and apparently 
not very safe when English powder was used instead of 
Chinese. All who had guns now came and begged from 
me a supply of powder and shot, which they seemed to 
think much superior to their own. They then lighted 
the cord-matches which each carried on his arm, called 
