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parently no Inter-breeding. In past years pheasants also were fairly 

 plentiful in the coverts on the Maritza plain, but the floods of two 

 years ago destroyed most of these birds. 



"At the mouth of the Maritza, and in the marshy district of 

 Enos, snipe, duck, and geese abound. Some twenty-five miles to 

 the east of Enos lies the district of Kishan, where boar 

 and roedeer are plentiful. A visit to this out-of-the- Quck' etc 

 way spot would probably repay any gunner who did 

 not mind roughing it." 



In general, accommodation of a kind is not hard to find, nor is 



it luxurious when found. Those who intend to shoot 



, 111 Camping 



m the provmces may be recommended to take a ^ 



" Burleigh " camp-bed, and plenty of insect powder. 



All over Macedonia partridges and hares are numerous. Grey 

 partridges swarm in the vineyards round Monastir, and red-legs are 

 especially plentiful in the hills round Fiorina and that neighbourhood. 



I have seen oood bear-skins brouo-ht from the mountains round 



Monastir, and I once turned out a large bear myself from a ravine 



not half an hour's walk from the town. As a rule, the 



Bear. 



Turkish bear is much smaller and better tempered than 



his Russian cousin. His coat is also much shorter, and is invariably 



plain russet-brown. 



Three hours by train to Sinekly, and three hours on by carriage 



lies Strandja, at the foot of a spur of the Balkans. From Strandja, 



as headquarters, parties have succeeded in obtaining 



otag'. 

 some fine stags, but, owing to the wildness of the 



country and difficulty of communication, it is seldom shot over. If 



