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TlIK IWTHEIl OF ALL THE (lOATS 



It was not the search for foro-otten sites or treasures of 

 mar])le, a passion wliich tempts so many Icai'iicd and 

 enterprising men to visit Asia Minor, but the desire to 

 hunt a rdck-liaiuit iiiL-' ihex, dwellinu" on eci'tain mountain 

 ranges in that country, wliich took me there with two 

 companions. Once onl\' during the montli wliich we s]MMit 

 in tliosi! reuions did we leave this ahsorhiuii" pursuit to ])av 

 a duty visit to the lime -laden waters, j)ink and white 

 terraces, and eaitlii|uake-ri\-en hasilicas of the ancient 

 baths nf 1 liefa[M)lis. 



Tlie Capra rpgar/rvs or Pasmif/ is beHeved by naturalists 

 to have desei've<l the title with which I have headed this 

 article beyuiid any other wild t\[)e of goat. j\h'ntioned 

 bv Tfomer^is being abundant in the yEga?an Islands, in 



• 'Y\i'jeir(r'' iv (V ai'yes a— ct/Jfrtat yiydiurw 

 aypiai' ov jikv y<\p Traro'j (ivdpMTro)v uTr€f)VK€L 

 ov8e fiLv el(Toi\\'iy(TL KX'vijyeTui. 



Odyssey 9. 118. 



" A woody islainl, aiiil on it are in'oituccil rcpuiitlr-s wild goats — for im 

 track (>r man scares tlieiii away, nor do hunters come there.'' 



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