The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-10
NO HUNTING IN JAPAN.
Game Is Very Plentiful There. But
thu Natives Care Nothing for
the Sport.

Men often ask me about me sport Oh.
'alnatle Ia Japan. and SD with respect
% nus q may not come amiss I'LL here
explain Hunting snh AS the rcople
ot England and Ireland understand
by that term, is absolutely uon-eNlstent
~ ne land Of me mihado Foxes. deer
ana hares are plentiful enough. bat Jap
ans natural features and the methods
Of agriculture followed by ils farming
classes are all. and most uncompromis-
ingly, 100, against H. says a Toxic cor
respondent of the London Field
OF candidates for the rife japan pos
sesses quite respectable number.
among them three species Of bears. the
wolf, species Of stag. another OF ante.
lone. and II it is permissible for an old
Anglo-lndian TO place him I'm the same
category, the Wild boar An are bow
ever, scarce. and getting scarcer yearly.
and II certainly would not pay anyone
10 make extensive prepare lions for go
Ing IN search Of any of them, for.
though the Aino. that extremely hairy
aboriginal Of Japan. hunts them all as
siduously, he Will render no assistance
u. stranger 10 do likewise. and as for
the Japanese hunter. he is the most pit
lful Of shikaris.
And then again. the slightest devia-
ton OF foreigner on the beaten tracks
of foreign travel In japan is more likely
than not TO lead TO unpleasantness for
him, for suspicion of foreigners and
their motives Is one Of the leading and
worst traits in the japanese character.
Not being spOrtsmen or travellers in the
same sense and from the same motives
as the English-speaking people are,
they cannot understand why anyone
should spend his time in pursuit Of OBJ
iecis which-to them, at least-bring
no tangible results. To travel they have
no objection. but only do so 10 see places
of interest and with some very definite
object in view such as for the spying
out Of foreign land or for the gaining
Of knowledge upon special subject.
To revert. however. 20 the Wild game
OF Japan it is a pity indeed that matters
are as described for the bears of the
land are unique. as well from the
point Of view Of the enormous size.
strength and fierceness Of one species as
from the dimlnutivness OF another.
The frat is a great carnivorous brute. 4
sort Of grizzly, who makes nothing OF
killing and carrying of a fourteen hand
pony. Next TO him comes a black beast
very much like the sloth bear of India,
and last Of all a dininutive little brute
scarcely larger than a good-sized span
lei exceedingly shy and seldom seen.
The wolves of Japan are scarce. cow
ardly and Of little account, and found now
only Ia the extreme northern paris OF
the empire. The stag il about the size
Of and in make and shape and habits. |
too, like the fallow deer Of England and |
Scotland. The little japanese antelope |
must lie very near relative indeed Of |
the jungle bakri of India. possessing. /
as he does, the same general appear
ance and shy habits.
The wild pig of Japan appears 70 be A |
domestic pig run Wild indeed, have I
seen herds of Manchurian and Mon
golian swine. great black. hairy beasts. |
driven through the streets of Pehlng. Of /
a far wilder and fercer breed than any 4
Mild pig | have come across In Japan.
The boars there are. however. of a fair
size. but never so tall on the legs nor
with such fine tusks as the jungly sooar
d India. To ride one OF them down,
as we do his brother Of indie. would be
In impossibility, for. as it would be the
,ase in hunting so. TOO. in this sport,
the nature OF the country would be all
against anyone attempting to do go.