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close to an affluent of the Flumendosa at the bottom, 

 succeeded in killing a hind. Next day's hunt con- 

 sisted of two beats, both in the direction of Lanusei ; 

 the first a treeless rocky valley called Samatta-su-Leone, 

 and next, the wooded valley of Terralci. On the way 

 five of the wild sheep were started from the bed of a 

 stream, and from Samatta-su-Leone three went in the 

 wrong direction, pursued by the whole of the dogs. 



The Flumendosa and its affluents, as well as the 

 Coghinas, the Tertinia on the east coast, and most of 

 the other streams, swarm with trout, not large, but 

 excellent eating, and of which a small sackful (one 

 hundred and thirty) were easily caught with fly next 

 day in the Flumendosa, which, as before mentioned, 

 flows near the Orredu mine, and were taken into La- 

 nusei. Some days later I ascended Gennargentu, 

 sleeping at Lansenusa, a mine lower down the river, 

 where I expected to find a guard-house, but nothing 

 excepting the walls remained. Two Sards, brothers, 

 hired with the horses, made incessant difficulties, as 

 they wished to go to the Cantoniera of Bonamela, 

 whence in fine weather horses can be ridden to the 

 summit, but owing to the amount of snow on the north 

 side of the mountain, I knew from previous experience 

 on Monte Eotondo in Corsica that the ascent on that 

 side would be difficult. The mountain is usually 

 ascended from Laconi or Fonni on the west side. An 

 interesting and hitherto unattempted expedition would 

 be to follow the course of the Flumendosa, which takes 

 its rise from the snows of Gennargentu, to the sea at 



