But wait: There is the Woosung met and various spots about the mouth of the Yangtze. Paoshan, for instance, spoken of by Wade as being a good spot for both pheasants and wildfowl; only an hour away from Shanghai.- Or, nearer still, Battery Creek on the opposite bank of the Wangpoo: No. Let us leave these places for those who have hi a couple of days to devote to shoating. We have a week, and must. make the most of it.
"How about Tsungming Island?!
"FIVE THICK-SET LOOKING BIRDS 'PASS ZO THE LEFT" fields, and we decide to try our luck. One of us walks on one side of the clump, while the other goes in.
The dogs have been yakan in leash by tite ince-a deer ever proves an frrestible temptation to Bruno, who will follow one for miles and so get Tost.
Just as we reach the end of the /game patch there is a rustling in the long grass, and the head of a }deer is seen bobbing up and down just above the tops of the waving plumes.
"Look out, look out, a deer Bang, bang; a clean miss as the deer reaches the open field and gets down to business. He seems. to flatten himself on the ground and shoot along. Bang goes the gun of the other sportsman. The deer turns a double somersault, strugcles to Mis fect, only to be bowled
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