74 A SHOOTING PARTY. 



CHAPTER IV. 



A day's shooting with a small party LEAVE THE DITCH 



OF CORFU PASSAGE ACROSS THE CHANNEL WHETHER A 



GUN SHOULD BE CARRIED AT HALF-COCK — LAND AT KA- 



TAITO SHOOTING COMMENCES ALBANIANS TROUBLESOME 



ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY ADVENTURE QUARREL 



ABOUT A LAMB ONE OF THE SPORTSMEN TAKEN PRISONER 



— LOSE A DOG — RETURN TO CORFU — OBSERVATIONS — DE- 

 SCRIPTION OF A SNOWY DAY — DEATH OF THE DOGS. 



The bright rays of an Eastern sun, as yet many 

 degrees below the rugged horizon, formed by the 

 bold, craggy, and precipitous features of the iron- 

 bound Albanian shore, are reflected from a cloud- 

 less sky, which they tinge with a faint, though 

 brilHant crimson and green hue; and which, 

 whilst it renders more distinct the well-defined 

 outline of the dark sombre coast, forms a pleasing 

 contrast to the deep purple shade in which it still 

 remains clothed. Already are some of the lof- 

 tiest and more distant peaks of the Churiara 

 range faintly illumined with a soft tint of pink, 

 which announces, that from their pinnacles the 



