. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN. STREET SCENE \Tofeue page 249 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 249 than to have it unexpectedly sprung on him withoutany notice. Djouraschkovitch, I heard, had become a memberof Parliament, and was at Cetinje ; but my smallknowledge of Italian had rendered me much moreindependent than I had been on my former visit tothe country. My first visitor, before I had arrived aday, was a stalwart young Montenegrin, who cameto offer me his services as guide and hunter as longas I should remain in Montenegro. As he had thereputation of being a great cacciatore, I
. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN. STREET SCENE \Tofeue page 249 THROUGH WILD EUROPE 249 than to have it unexpectedly sprung on him withoutany notice. Djouraschkovitch, I heard, had become a memberof Parliament, and was at Cetinje ; but my smallknowledge of Italian had rendered me much moreindependent than I had been on my former visit tothe country. My first visitor, before I had arrived aday, was a stalwart young Montenegrin, who cameto offer me his services as guide and hunter as longas I should remain in Montenegro. As he had thereputation of being a great cacciatore, I engagedhim, and found him a first-rate fellow. The onlydrawback was that he knew no Italian, and I noSerb. However, I have worked under similar con-ditions so many times in different countries that Ican generally get on without much difficulty. Marco lived with his father and mother andbrothers and sisters in a typical grey stone houseon the hill-side at the back of the town. The Montenegrin houses are very different instyle from the Turkish, being
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