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through the custom-house for me. A short chat with 

 the Consul soon convinced me that in the present dis- 

 turbed state of the country, and the irritable and ex- 

 cited condition of the Turkish authorities, it would 

 be very inadvisable to try for moufflon in the country 

 where these animals are to be found, owing to its 

 proximity to the Armenian frontier; and my choice of 

 hunting-grounds therefore lay practically between two 

 districts, the Maimun Dagh to the east, and some 

 hills in the neighbourhood of Makri to the south. 



After breakfasting with Mr. Holm wood, I made 

 my way to the office of my kind friends, the W's., by 

 whom I was handed a telegram, which, although it 

 did not necessitate my immediate return to England, 

 still rendered it advisable for me to considerably cur- 

 tail the number of days that I had originally thought 

 I should be able to devote to actual hunting. This 

 left me no alternative but to make for the Maimun 

 Dagh, or Monkey Mountain, which, situated as it is 

 right alongside of the Aidin railway line, is the most 

 accessible haunt of the wild goat in Asia Minor. Mr. 

 H. O. W. had got everything ready for me, and on 

 the morning of February 3, the day after my arrival 

 in Smyrna, I took my ticket for Chardak station, 

 which lies right under the Maimun Dagh. I was 

 accompanied by two Greek servants who had been 

 with me the previous autumn, and with whom I felt 

 quite at home Pabli, who acted as cook and inter- 

 terpreter, and Manoli, a very useful all-round man. 



