242 THE IMAGE OF WAR 



The most interesting thing he had to show us, 

 however, were half a dozen bronze arrow - heads of 

 classical shape, which he had purchased at Antimilo 

 from the shepherds who had picked them up amongst 

 the rocks, and which therefore could hardly have 

 been used in any other way except in ibex-shooting, 

 in fact in the very manner described by Homer. 

 Later on I obtained a still older relic, a beautifully 

 cut flint arrow-head, but this was from Milo, where, 

 however, there were no doubt ibex in the Stone age, 

 and long after. 



It was late on the 7th of December before we got 

 away, and later still before our camp of two tents 

 was duly pitched, by the boat-slip at Antimilo. Our 

 party this time consisted of our two selves, Thomas, 

 an English-speaking nephew of Mr Gialeraki's, who 

 had been already engaged as interpreter for us, and 

 whom we were therefore obliged to take, although 

 he was not of the slightest use to us ; Giorgio and 

 no less than four of his sons, one being quite an 

 infant. It had been agreed between us that we 

 were to shoot independently, and quite alone, dis- 

 pensing with native talent, so that we really had 

 nothing to do but dine, smoke, and go to bed after 

 our camp was pitched, there being neither arrange- 

 ments to make nor orders to give. 



Next morning being bright and fine, we were up 

 betimes, and left our camp at a quarter-past seven. 

 From my previous experience of the place it naturally 

 fell to my lot to guide V. at the start, and I led the 

 way up the great crater, and then across its upper lip 

 to the spot where I had shot my first ibex two-and- 

 twenty months before. From this point we made an 

 unsuccessful spy over the mass of broken rock and 



