MOUFFLON-STALKING IN CYPRUS 377 



selected for the new hut, but perhaps the water 

 question would have involved heavier expense. More- 

 over, I believe that in the Greek Church " once con- 

 secrated, always holy " is the rule ; and indeed, at 

 the east end of what had obviously been the chapel, 

 there were several large stones in such a position as 

 to still suggest the idea of an altar. 



The next day was passed in a somewhat similar 

 manner. 



On Sunday my mules arrived, and I rode back to 

 Phyti, and, continuing my journey in pouring rain, on 

 the following morning reached my temporary home in 

 time for luncheon. 



One of the very first things to be done there was to 

 measure my head, as I had not had a tape in camp. I 

 was greatly delighted to find it as long as the best 

 specimen hitherto recorded (that shot by Mr William- 

 son), and rather better in the other measurements, 

 so that I am fairly entitled to call it a record 

 head. 



The following are the measurements : — 



Length of horns. Girth of horn. Greatest span. Tip to tip. 



25 inches. 8 J inches. 18 J inches. 7 inches. 



I think it is more than probable that this ram was 

 the best I saw in Cyprus, and I am inclined to believe 

 that it was identical with that of which Jerome spoiled 

 the stalk. At any rate, that was also a very large 

 ram with similar horns, and on the last occasion on 

 which he was previously seen he had a single smaller 

 companion, as had the one I shot. 



I believe there are two types of Cyprus moufilon 

 horns, for in Mr Williamson's equally long but thinner 



