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at that season, when the south winds prevail, is usually terrific, and 

 the climbing very rough and steep. It will take an hour and a 

 half from almost any point of landing to reach the only comparatively 

 easy tableland on the top, and by that time a good deal of perspira- 

 tion and enthusiasm will be taken out of most men. Dogs are not 

 of much use, as there is little scent on the torrid rocks. Coveys 

 must be either kicked up, or disturbed by stones thrown right and 

 left by a native. But in this primitive fashion a couple of guns, 

 sound in wind and limb, and using straight powder, might expect 

 anything between fifteen and twenty brace in three or four hours' 

 work, exclusive of the time taken to reach the really practicable 

 ground. The best shooting is to be had from Plavati, where there 

 is also decent anchorage. Prasteo is another convenient starting- 

 point. 



Besides the islands, there are not many places near Constantinople 

 where partridges are to be found in paying numbers. H. B. Majesty's 



Consul, Mr. Eyres, has kindly oriven the following- notes 

 Partridge. . ^ ^ "^ "^ 



concerning country over which I have not myself shot : — 



"The best ground for partridge shooting in European Turkey 



is that portion of old Thrace extending along the railway from 



Dedeaghatch to Ferri and Bitekly, a distance of some twenty-five 



miles. Partridges, both grey and red - legs, are found in great 



quantities all along the line in the fields and on the low cultivated 



hills. Two guns should be able to make bags of thirty brace per 



diem during October and November in any good year. It is a 



strange fact, which I have not observed elsewhere, that mixed coveys 



of grey- and red-legs are frequently met with, though there is ap- 



