. Travels and politics in the Near East. hose cage is one of the features ofthe grounds. When we first saw them two years ago,Mali, the little one, was much bullied by Misko, thetyrant of the three, and filled the air with his piteoushowls, but this year we found him bigger and somewhatmore courageous. Every visitor takes as a matter ofcourse the drive of two and a half miles to the sourcesof the Bosna at the foot of Mount Igman. The naturalbeauties of this spring, which is clear as crystal, have 153 Travels and Politics been too much improved to my taste, and the artiticialembankments, bridge
. Travels and politics in the Near East. hose cage is one of the features ofthe grounds. When we first saw them two years ago,Mali, the little one, was much bullied by Misko, thetyrant of the three, and filled the air with his piteoushowls, but this year we found him bigger and somewhatmore courageous. Every visitor takes as a matter ofcourse the drive of two and a half miles to the sourcesof the Bosna at the foot of Mount Igman. The naturalbeauties of this spring, which is clear as crystal, have 153 Travels and Politics been too much improved to my taste, and the artiticialembankments, bridges, and gardens might well have beenspared. The swimming-bath in the other stream, theZeljesnica, is a great attraction, and doctors extol highlythe sulphur springs of the place. During the race weekin June it is impossible to get a room in the hotels, andthe presence of Madame von Kallay there gives the placesocial importance. From the present to the former capital of the country,which, previous to the middle of the present century, was. STREET IN TNAVNTK. (From a Phoic. by Miss Chadwitk.) Travnik, is an easy journey of barely four hours by railthrough beautiful country intersected by the yellowBosna for the greater part of the distance. At two placesin this valley, where now all is peaceful, the army of theOccupation had to fight its way twenty years ago. Atthe junction of Lasva we leave the main line, whichfollows the Bosna, and branch off to Travnik past oneof the chief wood companys establishments. Travnikdoes not, of course, possess the political importance that 154 in the Near East it had when it was the residence of the Turkish it contained at the last census a popuhition of 6,894,and is one of the purest Mohammedan towns in thecountry, although the Catholics are on the increase this branch line ever be prolonged to theAdriatic at Spalato, its commercial value would be muchenhanced, and in the interval between my two visits Inoticed a considerab
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