MOUFFLON-STALKING IN CYPKUS 379 



''He also added, that a whole district in Scotland, 

 the name of which has slipped our memory, has be- 

 come very rich owing to the excursions of wealthy 

 strangers going there to shoot. 



" Now, after two years' residence in Cyprus, His 

 Excellency should be satisfied as to the existence of a 

 sufficiency of game, so it rests with him to take the 

 necessary steps." 



"Another Success of 'Snaffle.' 

 The Total Number of Moufflon. 



" The first success of ' Snaffle,' who some days ago 

 shot a moufflon in the forest of Papho, has been 

 followed by a second, as our local correspondent 

 informs us. On this occasion, however, the sports- 

 man has bagged a very fine and beautiful ram, and 

 is -therefore very pleased at his success. 



" Now, our millionaire visitor is about to leave 

 Papho, as the Government has only given him per- 

 mission to shoot two moufflon. 



" The forest-guards of that district assure us that 

 there are within the forests of Papho more than five 

 hundred moufflon." 



"Our local correspondent" was, as the reader will 

 observe, not quite accurate on other points besides 

 that of my income. The big ram was the first shot. 

 Moreover, the Government did not refuse me a further 

 permit, for the good and sufficient reason that, know- 

 ing the season to be at an end, I did not apply for 

 one. 



As to there beinof five hundred moufflon in the 

 Papho district, I am very sure that there are not half 



