Sm—In reply tu the letter protest, "Alleged Duck Shooting, pr, valine Dust Sowing et hate ger for omg Caron og filch cant, I had experience a Set ith 'a. double-barrelled shot-several times (8) The flying speed of ducks is about 30 miles per hour, but no private speed-boat in Shanghai makes this speed, Besides, such a boat would make so much noise that ducks would be out of range long before they would if chased by_a. Chinese. sailing sampan, which is the customary way of shooting round here. T'would certainly draw the attention of lovers of animals and birds tothe way the Ghinese catch all' the ducks found in. the local markets. They have two methods. (1) By baiting a line with a number of hooks both on shore and from sampans, and collecting (2) By seatter-ing small pieces of bread poison.
ed with opium or effier poison and "catching" the ducks when they are overcome by: it and iting them.
In spite of this, however, there fis a great demand for duck locally, Jand those who cannot go shooting seem glad enough to get them after being caught by one of the abovementioned methods. They seem to taste as well!
A Rear, Buster. JShanghai, Feb. 11, 1933,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.