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mountains for another fortnight. I never got an- 

 other shot at a stag, though I twice got near either 

 to the same or two different animals. Once it was in 

 thick timber, where although I just caught a glimpse 

 of a great grey beast as he faded from sight amongst 



THE HOME OF THE GREAT GREY STAGS, WHITE MOUNTAINS, ASIA MINOR 



the tree stems, I was unable to fire before he had dis- 

 appeared, and again late one evening when a stag kept 

 calling until I had got quite near him. Then, however, 

 it became so dark that I was unable to see him, though 

 I must have been very near, for as I gave it up and 

 stepped out into an open space from the gloom of the 



