22 TRAVELS IN THE EIGHTIES. 



to be taken out, and in the evening we left for 

 Tortoli, on the east coast of Sardinia, by the small 

 coasting steamer, from which place the Syndic of 

 Tortoli kindly sent us on in his own carriage to 

 Lanusei. At this place the Syndic (Cav. Gaviano) 

 had been particularly obliging on a previous occasion, 

 and Lord Mayo now presented him with a magnificent 

 carpet from Kairwan, the sacred city of Tunis. 



Most of the camp furniture required can be bought 

 in Lanusei. The nearest place for moufflons from 

 Lanusei is the forest of Tricoli, but, being equally 

 near to the town of Gairo, it is much hunted. This 

 forest lies west of Lanusei, and shortly before our 

 arrival a herd of upwards of forty of the wild sheep 

 were seen. 



On the following day a start was made with seven 

 horses and several men towards Perdaliana, the extra- 

 ordinary rock previously mentioned and forming, 

 next to Gennargentu, the most striking object in the 

 landscape of this part of Sardinia, and from which 

 the ancient Phoenicians must have copied their 

 "nurhags," with the ruins of which Sardinia 

 abounds. Near this, camp was pitched, and, as 

 we had determined not to drive or beat the country 

 at first, the men were sent back to Lanusei with the 

 exception of two. As I mentioned in a previous 

 letter, they are excessively unruly, and threatened 

 to have a hunt on their own account before they 

 returned, which we had considerable difficulty in pre- 

 venting them from doing. 



