ing, these birds are carried in small boats, and, at 
a signal given, plunge into the water, and soon re¬ 
turn with the prey in their mouth, requiring no ring 
round the neck, to prevent their swallowing it, as 
is the practice in Europe when the Cormorant is 
sometimes used for a similar purpose, the Chinese 
fowl being so well trained as to require only the en¬ 
couragement of part of their prey. We are informed 
by Sir George Staunton, in his account of the late 
Embassy, that on some of the Chinese lakes may be 
seen thousands of small boats destined entirely to 
this curious species of fishery. 
