Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-25


tive raids upon their grain fields at night
was once stopping at Buddhist temple
in the mountains, and was ANNOYED by the
continual hcating of IA gong all through the
night A. first supposed it was n part OF
the religious services, but | learned it was a
night watch to keep wild boar out of their
gram patel near by. A guard was sta
toned all night TO make nigh hideous by
beating gong at intervals ab ut the prem
isas, and attest that If nythinS short of
shooting nouli keep wild boar, or any
other kind of n bore, away, it would be the
beating of n Chinese gong in the solemn
mountain midnight stiffness
Boar hunting wa too much like work to
b. popular in that hot climate. So my OK
periencc with them was confined to a chance
find ng Of one start in swamp where 1
was not looking for them.
A friend of mine was duck shooting near
Kin kiang, when he fired into a flock of
teal passing, and brought down number
of birds which fell across dixie from him.
and he had mile to walk to get across to
where his game was When he got TO the
place his ducks were gone. There was a
farmhouse near by, ani the people had been
Watching him, aud while he was getting
over the dixie they had stolen his ducks.
He went to the lou-e and demanie led his
ducks, but was told that they had seen no
ducks and knew nothing at all about them.
He knew they must he in that house. and
so proceeded to sea ch the plCca. Al er
looking in every place likely to conceal
them, he was about to give up the search
when he concluded to lift an elderly woman
from her seat 10y the door, He took her by
the arms and gently lifted her from her
which she sat to conceal them.
One day ! was shooting on Deer island,
and was near a reed marsh when a deer
came out Of the brake near me fired a
fatal shot, but the shot being light did not
bring down my victim, which crossed a dixie
and over bank from my view. knew it
could not get far and fastened to cross to
the bank. When ! reached the summit
saw a crowd of people collecting a short
distance from me and went to the spot
where l found farmer sitting by tb,
carcass of the deer all holding it by tn.
ears. ! stuck my dagger into the jugula.
to le' the hlool and reloaded my gun In
the mean time my coglie had come up an
/ toll him TO take the deer to our boat which
lay at anchor a mile distant The farmer
would not give him the an nal, claiming i
by virtue Of having been the first to reach
it when 1t fell. ! could not at that time
speak the Chinese lanEuag', hut | knew
enough of Chinese nature TO know that he
ended hat * rnll.H s'-Ipn.z,' q, nv
tort none, or raise row. ! knew there
were too many people present to forcibly
take the deer without ser Gus trouble, 80
| took a string and tied the feet qf the
deer and hung II across the shoulder Of the
farmer, and started of and tale him fol.
low. He supposed he woulI get "A handsome
fee when he got TO the bca at, dill As he was
told, and was closely followed bv my man.
About half way to the boat ] looked back
and saw the farmer returning alone and
my boy carrying the der. | supposed he
had settled the matter til the farmer At
that jun cturc another dear rose tefore me,
and | shot il also | then called to the
farmer 10 help convey the -ecoud one to the
boat, but he would not come
When We reached the boat ] learned
through my interpreter, that the coolie had
advised the man not to go to the boat: that
the foreigners would certainly Lick him,
aud perhaps shoot him for trying to teal
the deer, and the best thing for him to do
was to skip while he could. Thus showing
a good hit Of diplomacy, rs well as a strong
sense Of humor in the coulie, who appeared
10 enjoy the joke immensely. | rewarded
him for his loyalty by giving him and his
meSs-the boat Crew-a quarter OF venlson
for their supper.
was sal ing up the Yam --tse above Wo- bo
and came 10 section where the mountain
spur put in within mile of the river, and
could see from the lay of the land that it
was good place for game. l landed and
went ashore IN a small village, where in
all probability, no foreigner had ever been
before. We soon had all the population
around us, 10 look ON US ami ask questions.
They were fr endly. and showed much in
terest in US. When we made known our
pur pose they declared the hills back Of the
village to b. alive with game.
We started TO investigate the matter for
ourselves, when the entire population fol-
lowed. We walked fast enough TO outstrip
all but the younger men and boys. then
selected bright-looking young man and
tnid him that We wanted him to accom- pany
us, and that We would pay him for his
trouble He at once braced up and became
very important. ! then suggested that he
had letter send the others back, as thew
might get hurt when we hegan to shoot as
our 3 unS were liable to shoot In most any