. China : its marvel and mystery. a wide stretch of water nearKwangfoong, the character of which in the Tahu districtis somewhat akin to our English Lake district. Thehills are rather of the same character, soft and green,and rising to more ruggedness farther up. At Kwang-foong is a fine pagoda; the village is small and unim-portant with various temples ; there is a fine three-spanbridge crossing the water here, a view of which I givein my picture taken from a mandarins grave on thehillside. An attempt was made to shoot some snipe near here,on a flat and marshy island, but the season was late,
. China : its marvel and mystery. a wide stretch of water nearKwangfoong, the character of which in the Tahu districtis somewhat akin to our English Lake district. Thehills are rather of the same character, soft and green,and rising to more ruggedness farther up. At Kwang-foong is a fine pagoda; the village is small and unim-portant with various temples ; there is a fine three-spanbridge crossing the water here, a view of which I givein my picture taken from a mandarins grave on thehillside. An attempt was made to shoot some snipe near here,on a flat and marshy island, but the season was late,and the birds not plentiful, so that our larder did notgreatly benefit. We stayed some days in this beautiful neighbour-hood, making various excursions, examining temples, andsketching. Our two boats anchored in a snug cornerunder a hill, where we received visits from many natives,who were especially interested in us at meal-times, and would try to look in at our cabin windows when we56 \ FEB 1 3 1913 X^A/ -p ^^ f- ^^;. iiiMA^ AT WONG-DONG: CORMORANT FISHING SOOCHOW AND TAHU were at the table. But they objected to be photographedor sketched, and a sure way to make them go off wasto point a camera at them, or make a pretence of draw-ing them, when they would immediately hide their faceswhile moving away. Our return journey was by much the same route, butit was just as interesting seeing it all again ; indeed oneseemed to enjoy it even more. One object which greatlyattracted me was a bridge over the Canal at a smallvillage, Wong-Dong; on the bridge was a quaint oldjoss-house. I was able to make a sketch of this, withsome cormorant fishing-boats in the foreground. Themethod of catching fish with cormorants, as far as Icould see, was as follows : Spars project over the sideof the boat, and on these are perched the birds; thefisherman has a light cane, and with this lightly touchesthe bird he wishes to go, and it immediately dives for afish; on the birds return to the boat, the fish
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