i 4 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



strong stream of water. Here, beneath the spreading 

 branches of a large tree, I pitched my tent, a dozen 

 volunteers assisting in the operation. The villagers, 

 who had probably never before assisted at the camping 

 arrangements of a European traveller, showed as much 

 curiosity in all our proceedings as I have often seen 

 evinced by the inhabitants of an African kraal .when 

 first visited by white men. The Turkish mountain- 

 eers, or Yuruks, were, however, far more hospitable than 

 the generality of African villagers I have ever met, as 

 they brought me many small presents of eggs and sweet 

 and sour milk. 



On Friday, September 14, after a walk of fifteen or 

 sixteen miles, we reached El Maly. Having a letter 

 to the Bey, or governor of the town, I went straight to 

 his house, a large double-storied wooden building in 

 the centre of the town. He was not at home on our 

 arrival, nor did there appear to be any one about the 

 place ; but the man who had conducted us to the house 

 said we had better off-load the horses whilst he went to 

 look for him. This we did, and presently the Bey ar- 

 rived, and on Antonio explaining to him that I was an 

 Englishman who wished to shoot some wild goats in 

 the mountains round El Maly, he at once escorted us 

 upstairs, and put at my disposal a bare-boarded room 

 (from which two large windows commanded a fine view 

 over the town), where, before long, a very nice Turkish 

 breakfast, consisting of boiled fowl and rice, and to- 

 matoes stuffed with forcemeat, was placed before me. 



