2 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



such a way that I could not quite make it out, but 

 said that he could guide me to his office, I made no 

 scruple about calling there on the following afternoon 

 without any preliminary introduction, when I was 

 fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of Mr. 

 J. W. Whittall, 1 who, as he has himself lately con- 

 tributed two articles to the " Field " on the subject of 

 the red deer of Asia Minor, will, I trust, forgive the 

 liberty I take in mentioning his name in full. 



Although an ardent sportsman, I found that at 

 that time Mr. W. had never been after deer himself ; 

 but he was able to give me a great deal of informa- 

 tion as to the districts in which they are to be found, 

 and also promised to obtain for me further particulars 

 from his brother, Mr. H. O. W., of Smyrna, who had 

 shot both deer and wild goats in the interior of the 

 country. With the most large-hearted hospitality 

 Mr. W., before our acquaintance was half an hour old, 

 invited myself and my wife to leave our hotel and 

 become his guests for the remainder of our stay in 

 Constantinople; and though I could not consent to 

 this, I readily accepted an invitation to spend the fol- 

 lowing Sunday at his beautiful villa at Kadikoyi. 

 During this visit Mr. W. showed me some very large 

 pairs of deer horns from the Angora district of Asia 

 Minor, and also several exceptionally fine specimens 

 of wild-goat horns from the neighbourhood of Adalia, 

 on the south coast. After seeing these trophies, I 



3 Now Sir James Whittall, K.C.M.G. 



