MEDITEREANEAN WILD GOATS IBEX LYNX 71 



I think I have seen Bonelli's Eagle, but of course 

 cannot be certain at a passing glance. . . . 

 There is a good museum here, and the best 

 taxidermist I know of. 



'What is a good book to consult on the 

 quadrupeds of Europe ? I find almost every 

 Mediterranean island claims a peculiar species 

 of wild goat. In Candia, I believe, the genuine 

 old wild goat does exist on Mount Ida. ... I 

 want very much to explore Cyprus some day or 

 other. . . . What is the great hawk they train 

 in the Lebanon to kill gazelles ? The Prince of 

 Montenegro told me that there were wild goats 

 in his mountains, but one cannot question a 

 sovereign. I am inclined to think he meant 

 chamois, as the Greek name for chamois means 

 wild goat. I never could hear of ibex in Albania, 

 though I believe they exist in Armenia and the 

 Caucasus. The Albanian name for chamois 

 is Borgheetch, which means snowdeer. 



* The Turks ignore their existence altogether, 

 though there are plenty on the Thessalian 

 Olympus. One rare beast in this part of the 

 world is the lynx. The king shot a very fine 

 young one about two months ago near Valdieri. 



