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spent a pleasant day, and after bidding a hearty farewell to 
the Captain and the officers of the good ship ‘ Miramar,’ we 
left on the 21st, waving from Karst a last adieu to the 
beautiful sea. 
The night passed quickly in dreams of Bedouins, Arab 
horses, slender minarets, lofty mountains, boundless deserts, 
the sacred Nile, the rustling groves of palms and sycamores, 
and the mysterious temples of Isis. Soon came the stern 
reality, for on waking at the Semmering we were greeted by 
a rough northerly gale, ice, and a country covered with a light 
mantle of snow. Nor was it much better in Vienna, where 
the sky was heavily clouded over, and the cold damp air 
chilled to the very bones the travellers accustomed to the 
Southern sun. 
The Expedition was over, and the party separated, 
but their thoughts still involuntarily turned back to the far 
Orient. 
Farewell! O golden, gorgeous, glowing Kast! 
Complete List of the Specimens obtained. 
LV oRN At eat ceca ee ee 3 SMALL VAMPIRE ........ 1 
WOLKE: ai, Sonics eae ee, GAgRiiE ieee cn eo ee i 
AFRICAN JACKAL ........ ih Wan. DosR ise seen 4 
Large Astatic JACKAL . I Great Sporrep Cuckoo .. 1 
Smanzt Astatic JAcKAL.... 4 Prep KIncFIsHER........ 25 
Fennec (Desert Fox) . 1 Bive-cHEEKED Bre-Hater . 38 
DESERT: UivNxg te ec 2 E@yptrian SwiFT ........ 3 
IGHNEUMON, 502 304.00: 2 Lirrte Grey Swirt...... 8 
DrsERT#HARn ae eee 2 BARBARY TATCON,.. 54.45% 2 
SYRIAN FIARK? 0.0.6 5200s 1 LessER KestREL ........ 20 
JERBOACS Seas ee nee | SpaRRow-Hawk ........ 1 
