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abandoned the quest, and, returning to the river 
bed, worked the banks of a little pool we had 
left untouched earlier in the afternoon. Here 
Fortune again smiled, and a snipe and a teal 
were added to the bag. It was not one to boast 
of; but at all events we had worked hard for 
it, and it was better than nothing at all. The 
sun was now setting; it was time to think of 
home, so returning to our “droshky,” we jogged 
back in the twilight to Dalny, promising each 
other that ere long we would without fail look 
again for that second woodcock. 
On the following Saturday afternoon we once 
again found ourselves in the Ta-shan River 
bed. The little marsh and the streams were 
this time an utter failure. Only one snipe was 
found, but as we approached the first gully of 
the hill a fat woodcock flapped out into the sun¬ 
light, drifted in leisurely manner round a bend, 
and vanished in the covert. This was a prom¬ 
ising augury, and in the best of spirits we set 
to work. It is true we had no dogs, which was 
a great drawback. At the same time, the area 
covered by the five gullies was not great, 
though their slopes were long and steep enough 
to make the quest for the birds an arduous un¬ 
dertaking. Among the short firs the little owls 
of the previous week were still present in num¬ 
bers; but, taught by experience, we left them 
alone. Just outside their sanctuary a wood¬ 
cock rose hurriedly from some long grass, and, 
in spite of four barrels, sailed away unhurt. We 
marked his line, and followed hard after him. 
The way led over the ridge of a gully and into 
a little shallow cup-like inclosure on the further 
side. Thick grass grew everywhere, dotted at 
intervals with dwarf firs or oaks, and bright 
sunlight filled the quiet place, making it an ideal 
refuge for the long-billed birds. As we looked 
down into it from the ridge we felt certain 
something would be found there. Nor were we 
mistaken. A big woodcock, roused from his 
musings by the sound of our footsteps as we 
brushed through the undergrowth, rose lazily 
in front of us, and fell an easy victim to a single 
barrel. Lower down were some thin, straggling 
bushes fringing a tiny rivulet, and there an¬ 
other bird was put up, and in due course shot; 
but a fourth, flushed among some big fir trees 
in the next gully, was badly missed. So we 
went on, toiling up and down those gullies, 
backwards and forward across them. We were 
breathless and bathed in perspiration, but the 
birds were there, and all the ills of the flesh 
were in consequence forgotten. Of the car¬ 
tridges expended we carefully kept no count; 
but I know that one bird, which we chased from 
end to end of the covert, and eventually shot far 
away on the open hillside, must have been 
saluted with a dozen barrels at least. By four 
in the afternoon we had five birds to our credit, 
and were high up the steepest gully chasing the 
sixth, which we firmly believed to be the last the 
covert held, when I heard a faint shout far be¬ 
low. Tall trees were around us, and we could 
see nothing; moreover, we were too busy with 
our own affairs to heed extraneous matters. 
The shouting went on; it seemed to move from 
place to place; it gradually increased in volume; 
finally it concentrated in the very gully in which 
we ourselves were. At this moment we emerged 
from the trees, and simultaneously far down 
I caught the flash of steel. That could only 
mean one of three things—soldiers, gendarmes, 
or police—all three equally unwelcome. In 
some trepidation I wondered what it might for- 
bode. The explanation was soon forthcoming. 
A figure appeared in the open; it was a police¬ 
man. He was shouting frantically and waving 
his arms at us. What he said could not at that 
distance be heard, but its purport was unmis¬ 
takable. He wished us to come down at once, 
and, being not without experience, we thought 
it advisable to comply with his request. So 
down we scrambled. Like ourselves, he was 
hot and panting, but courteous and bland, 
which, under the circumstances, I afterward 
thought , a matter of wonder. With ceremonious 
formalities he proceeded to explain that he was 
the police officer in charge of a large Chinese 
village hard by, and that, hearing the noise of 
much firing on this hill, he had come to see 
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