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Europe, but unknown, I believe, in the British Isles. 

 As the Doctor and Mr. J. were anxious that we 

 should try the usual method of driving for wild goats, 

 we devoted Monday and Tuesday to this form of 

 sport, but had no luck whatever. On Monday the 

 weather was very bad, and we all got wet through ; 

 and when it was not raining, the mist was so dense 

 on the mountain that goats might have passed within 

 twenty yards of us without being seen. As a matter 

 of fact, I do not think any did pass, or we should 

 have heard them, but, at any rate, we saw none. On 

 Tuesday we were again unfortunate ; and though 

 some small worthless goats were seen in the distance, 

 and the beaters reported that two big rams had 

 broken back through their line, neither the Doctor, 

 Mr. J., nor myself got a shot. That evening we 

 passed at Chardak station, and on the following 

 morning, after I had secured the big ram's head from 

 the Turkish hunter who had found it lying dead, as 

 above described, Mr. J. and I bade adieu to the Doc- 

 tor and took the train to Smyrna, where we arrived 

 on the evening of Wednesday, February 13, being- 

 met at the station by our mutual friend, Mr. H. O. W., 

 beneath whose hospitable roof I again spent a most 

 pleasant evening. 



The next day I left for England, and travelling 

 via Salonika, Belgrade, Vienna, and Paris, reached 

 London on the evening of February 19, after an 

 absence of between three and four weeks, a little 



