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spicuous later on in the season, almost entirely 

 wanting. His legs were short and strong, and well 

 suited to carry their owner's heavy though symmet- 

 rical form up and down the mountain-sides on which 

 he had passed his life. He was in excellent condition, 

 and his flesh proved surprisingly good, quite equal, it 

 seemed to me, to the best of mutton, and without any 

 trace of goaty flavour about it. I would much rather, 

 however, have had a good stinking old ram with a real 

 big head. It did not take us long to cut him up; but 

 it was already late when we started for camp, which 

 we did not reach till after dark. 



On the morning of the following day we were unable 

 to make sail for Fineka, as the wind proved unfavour- 

 able, so I skinned and preserved my goat's head, and 

 then had everything carried down and packed in the 

 boat, all ready for a start as soon as the wind changed. 

 But all day long it blew steadily from the same direc- 

 tion, until I began to fear that we should miss our 

 steamer. The Greek boatmen, however, declared that 

 there would be a change at sunset, and they were 

 right, as the wind dropped altogether about that time, 

 leaving us still stuck for the want of any wind at all. A 

 little before midnight, however, a breeze sprang up 

 from the east, and we at once got under way, and 

 reached Fineka about one o'clock on the following 

 day. 



That same night our steamer arrived from Adalia, 

 when we at once went on board, and were soon on our 



