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SPORT IN EUROPE 



the native sportsmen are to be believed, a good stalker could make 

 sure of several heads in a week, and the red stag of the Balkans is a 

 king of his kind. 



I. A refugee from Roumelia. 

 3. A fashionable young Bey. 

 6. A Kurdish chieftain in exile. 



3 456 7 



2. An A.D.C. of H.I.ISI. the Sultan. 

 4 & 5. Britons. 

 7. A judge of the High Court. 



Snipe. 



Snipe are scarcely as numerous as might be expected. The only- 

 marshes near Constantinople on the European side are those of 

 Yarem Bourgas, about two hours by train, and Buyuk 

 Chekmedjee, an hour or so further down the line. 

 Both of these are, however, being gradually drained, and Constanti- 

 nople shooters who care for this branch of sport generally repair, 

 during the months of January and February, to Ismidt. Though 

 strictly speaking this marsh cannot be included in descriptions of 

 " Sport in Europe," yet I mention it and several other shooting 

 grounds which are so immediately in the neighbourhood of Constanti- 



