On the 23rd H.P. and self operated alone, with four beaters, who as their' Christmas cumshaw were promised in a distinctly rash moment a dollar a pheasant after the initial ten.
Such is contrarine: ant in Kiangsi and Anh ly started our finan Fortunately whi the arrived, with prov and small on, Tisnoth David all intact.
The Trip Commences After bidding farewell hostess of the night befor small sons had been fe insolvency by shooting, not so well, myself Cseerably. However, ne the wore on, the hinds refuse to got lost. The bare pheasants. myself somewhat ami saw a bald headed Father Christmas with three clean shaven chins!) we set sail at noon on the:
18th, with the satisfaction of tenant LIP. of 1 ni, subject to the B.A.Y.'s approval, would be Joining us on the morrow with x week's leave in his 15 too late on the 18th to do ing except to arrive at promising country, which we did before midnight, but the following morning Twas out good and early and finding birds delightfully plentiful after one oF two recent tramps in typical Shanghai country, I had nineteen pheasants to my own gun by break fast, My chief recollection is of an extremody cold high wind, which numb-Ing my fingers and wrists, prevent ced the bag from being substantially heavier.
The country was really too good There were sounds of much Joy and revelry from the beater's quarters that evening, and T have no doubt, if the Chinese have a God of La Chasse, that the offered ta not a little resp cess that attend day at driven birds.
'The very next day, the 21th how.' ever was to prove an off day: only remarkable in as much as we spent. the first ten hours of 11 hours of daylight meeting Uncle Archie (Mr. APRI.) from Shanghai.
Delayed by a fog, he arrived in a tearing gale, to find us sholterbehind the same rocky promontory, which had first given me and dear old H. two days' shelter under lar circumstances just 12 years.
excellent protection but quite impossible country.
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