36 SPORT AND TRAVEL 



like the mountains of Port Genoese, I at once landed, 

 and, taking Mahmoud with me, went a good way up 

 the mountain, not getting back to the boat till an hour 

 after dark. We saw two small goats, either females 

 or very young rams, in the course of the afternoon, 

 but as they were not worth shooting, I did not attempt 

 to stalk them. 



On Wednesday, September 26, I started at daylight 

 with the boy Mahmoud, Antonio, Manoli, and the 

 head man of Atrassan, accompanying us, and taking a 

 few things, necessary to form a camp at a spring on 

 the mountain-side about five hundred feet above the sea- 

 shore. Arrived at the water, they remained there with 

 their loads, leaving Mahmoud and myself to proceed on 

 our way upwards. We had a long day, going right 

 over the mountain and hunting many fine cliffs on 

 the farther side, and not getting back to camp till 

 7.30 P.M., fourteen hours after leaving the boat in the 

 morning. The heat of the sun was something terrific, 

 especially in the morning, as there was not a breath of 

 air, and the fierce sun beating down on the bare rocks 

 was as hot, I think, as anything I have ever experi- 

 enced in Africa. On this day, too, as on previous 

 days on the Musa Dagh, we suffered much from thirst, 

 as, except at the springs found close to their bases, all 

 the mountains in this part of Asia Minor are abso- 

 lutely waterless. I carried my rifle and Mahmoud a 

 small wooden bottle of water, but by midday this was 

 emptied, and we should have suffered much from thirst 



