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spent a pleasant day, and after bidding a hearty farewell to 

 the Captain and the officers of the good ship ' Miramar/ we 

 left on the 21st, waving from Karst a last adieu to the 

 beautiful sea. 



The night passed quickly in dreams of Bedouins, Arab 

 horses, slender minarets, lofty mountains, boundless deserts, 

 the sacred Nile, the rustling groves of palms and sycamores, 

 and the mysterious temples of Isis. Soon came the stern 

 reality, for on waking at the Semmering we were greeted by 

 a rough northerly gale, ice, and a country covered with a light 

 mantle of snow. Nor was it much better in Vienna, where 

 the sky was heavily clouded over, and the cold damp air 

 chilled to the very bones the travellers accustomed to the 

 Southern sun. 



The Expedition was over, and the party separated, 

 but their thoughts still involuntarily turned back to the far 

 Orient. 



Farewell ! golden, gorgeous, glowing East ! 



Complete List of the Specimens obtained. 



HYJSNA 3 



WOLF 9 



AFRICAN JACKAL 7 



LARGE ASIATIC JACKAL .... 1 



SMALL ASIATIC JACKAL .... 4 



FENNEC (DESERT Pox) 1 



DESERT LYNX 2 



ICHNEUMON 2 



DESERT HARE 2 



SYRIAN HARE 1 



JERBOA . 1 



SMALL YAMPIRE 1 



GAZELLE 1 



WILD BOAR 4 



GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO . . 1 



PLED KINGFISHER 25 



BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER . 38 



EGYPTIAN SWIFT 3 



LITTLE GREY SWIFT 8 



BARBARY FALCON 2 



LESSER KESTREL 20 



SPARROW-HAWK 1 



