FROM THE ARCHIVES

Turkey in Asia is a good shooting country. Small game abounds and one can count on a good mixed bag of migratory birds: woodcock, quail, snipe, duck and such like. Red and grey partridge are ubiquitous, francolin only being found in Cilicia. Wild boar are almost a pest, and the Turkish authorities are taking steps to prevent their increase. Red deer, wild sheep, wild goat and a few wolves and brown bear are to be found in the wilder parts.

At the end of the past century there were red deer within 10 miles of Constantinople; now they are found on three mountains