Camping in Crete: With Notes upon the Animal and Plant Life of the Island

Abstract

THIS pleasant record of camping experiences in Crete falls into two parts. In the body of his book Mr. Trevor-Battye, who declines to discuss questions of politics and excavations, describes a series of tours through the island. With Canea as his headquarters, he made trips by steamer along parts of the coast, journeyed so far as Sitia on the east, traversed the island to Sphakia, and again to Retimo, with a long and arduous march from Sphakia, viâ Mt. Ida, to Candia. The main object of these excursions was the collection of zoological and botanical specimens, many of which have been valuable additions to the South Kensington Museum. He succeeded in bringing home two ibex kids to the Zoological Society, one of which, the male, died from an accident, but the female is now at Regent's Park, and has given birth to twins. He gives a delightful account of these charming animals.

Camping in Crete: With Notes upon the Animal and Plant Life of the Island.

By Aubyn Trevor-Battye. Including a Description of Certain Caves and their Ancient Deposits. By Dorothea M. A. Bate. Pp. xxi + 308 + plates. (London: Witherby and Co., 1913.) Price 10s. 6d. net.