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curved in relief against the western sky. Crete and the uninhabited 

 islet of Anti-Milos are the only islands of the Archipelago in which 

 the ibex is found, and their introduction into the latter island must 

 have been from Crete." 



The above is a reproduction of Belon's illustration of the Cretan ibex — the earliest repre- 

 sentation of the animal we possess, with the exception of that figured on the coins of 

 Tylissos. More perfect than the latter, and of a still earlier date, are the engravings 

 on three of the seals of the Gncco-Phoenician age preser\ed in the Cyprus Museum 

 (Nos. 4527, 4561, and 4584), which in J. L. Myres and Ohnefalsch-Richter's Catalogue 

 (Oxford, 1899) ^^^ said to represent "a goat," but which are unmistakably presentments 

 of the ibex ; the first and third, more especially, being most vivid and full of movement. 



The island of Anti-Milos is the private property of a Greek 

 gentleman at Milos, who gives friendly permits to shoot the ibex, 

 only too readily. He is said to be more sparing of the goats. 



