They are not natives of Turkey, but come of strange tribes who live far away and are hired to guard the sheep in the winter months, returning to their homes in the summer.

I went myself to the spot where the sad occurrence took place shortly afterwards, and found the people very penitent and very frightened.

Let us hope that the punishment awarded to the principal actors in the sad affair will be a salutary warning for the future.
As brigandage may be considered as in some way connected with sporting, inasmuch as many refrain from going out shooting when they fear being robbed and murdered, I will say a few words about brigandage in Anatolia.
I have been for seventeen years an ardent lover of sport in Turkey, and have generally shot in Asia Minor.

I have slept in villages that were supposed to be inhabited by brigands.

I have been almost alone among an armed crowd of beaters, all of whom had the reputation of being robbers, but I have never been robbed or threatened with robbery.