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liiiu riuli'il III) ill the urass ami Im- a iiioiucjil tlioiiulit lie 

 was a kitten, fur it was closo to a Nilla^e, ami T called oil' 

 in\' (Iol:,' wlio was inakiiiL;' \'nr liiiii. Tliis woke the creature, 

 and. wlicii he started to rnn, ins arched hack and fiirrx- tail 

 indicated the weasel irihe. AVc ail started in pnrsiiii and 

 one of the Tnfks r;in him dow n jnst as he reached lii> hole. 

 The curious part ot" it was that the nati\cs wiio were witli 

 nie declared tlie\' iiad nevei- seen one like ii Ix'I'ore. 



Onv word as to llie ancit'nt records of Ccrrus c/djj/ius, 

 as an inhahitant of the Levant. 1 have made many 

 iih|nirie8 for carved icpresentations oi" red deer among 

 those who ai'c familiar with the remains scattered ahoiit 

 Asia Minoi': l»nt, thouo-li o-raven imao-es of the wild o-oat 

 are known, j have not been able to hear of anvthin" like 

 a stag. Perhaps the horns puzzled the artists. That red 

 deer existed in those reo-ions lonu' a^d c.iniiot he doubted. 

 ilcrodolus mentions "gigantic bulls whose horns were 

 caiTic(l into Crecce." Aristotle describes the Ccrnis 

 claphiis as found at Arginusio, (»ii the Stag .Moiintaiii. 

 Some authors of ancient Greece give a curious (h ri\ation 

 of the name — ^Xup o(^e<s\ the "serpent chaser"' — though 

 modern -diolars might hesitate to accept it. The implied 

 tradition is frequentK' nut with. Tnibeix ille (piotes from 

 Isidore: "The ilarte is right conli-airie to the serpeiite. and 

 when he is olde, decrepyte, and sicke, hee goetli to the deiines 

 and caves of serjiontes. and with hisnosti-ils he jiuffeth and 

 forceth his bi-eatli into their holes in such sorte. tli.it b\- 

 virtue and loi'ce thereof he constreyiicth the serpentes to 

 come forth, and killeth tliem with hi> toote, ;iim1 afterwards 

 eateth and devoureth them. Afterward he goeili to diink, 

 and so the ven\'me spreadelh ihrough all theveynesof 



