SPORT AND TRAVEL 



EAST AND WEST 



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A MONTH IN ASIA MINOR 



MUCH desultory reading on subjects connected 

 with sport and natural history had given me 

 a fair idea of the different species of large 

 game to be met with in various parts of the world ; and 

 thus, when in July, 1894, I found myself in Constan- 

 tinople, I determined to try to obtain some precise 

 information as to the habitat of the large long-faced 

 red deer (Cervus marai] and the magnificently horned 

 wild goats (Capra czgagrus} that I knew were deni- 

 zens of the adjacent country of Asia Minor. With 

 this view I sent my dragoman down to the bazaars 

 with orders to try to find out if there was any trade 

 being carried on in deer horns, and if so, to endeavour 

 to obtain precise information as to where the horns 

 came from. The same evening he returned with the 

 news that, although he had been unable to obtain any 

 information on the subject in the bazaars, he had 

 heard that an English merchant living in Stamboul 

 had several pairs of deer horns in his possession. As 

 my dragoman pronounced this gentleman's name in 



