In the land of the bora; or, Camp life and sport in Dalmatia and the Herzegovina 1894-5-6 . rought with us showed considerable smartness inlearning the somewhat complicated mechanism ofthe thirteen-foot balloon tent which Piggotts hadsent out, but it was late before we bade themfarewell on their return to the town. It was stilllater before our little leg of Dalmatian muttonappeared on the table; and I think we must havebeen the latest inhabitants of Pasman Island toturn in that night. We ascertained next day that there was awell of excellent water not sixty yards is the best prov
In the land of the bora; or, Camp life and sport in Dalmatia and the Herzegovina 1894-5-6 . rought with us showed considerable smartness inlearning the somewhat complicated mechanism ofthe thirteen-foot balloon tent which Piggotts hadsent out, but it was late before we bade themfarewell on their return to the town. It was stilllater before our little leg of Dalmatian muttonappeared on the table; and I think we must havebeen the latest inhabitants of Pasman Island toturn in that night. We ascertained next day that there was awell of excellent water not sixty yards is the best provided with water of allthe Dalmatian islands; there are many wells,and the water in all is sweet, whereas on theother scoglia it is generally brackish at best. The site we had selected proved to be a liigli-road, and not only that, but the best bit of roadin the whole island. However, as there is nowheel traffic on any of the islands we visited,our occupying four-fifths of the thoroughfare didnot much matter, for nothing ever passed exceptcattle or an occasional stalwart Morlak on a very. IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 2 l small donkey. Pasrnan does not even boast thewretched breed of ponies some of the islandspossess. It was, perhaps, rather a drawback thatnumerous herds and flocks passed every morningat daylight on their way to their pasture on thehills, only to return at sunset; but we soon gotused to the vociferations of their guardians,mostly women. Indeed, the women do aboutnine-tenths of the wrork at Pasman, the mensshare being the ploughing with a breed of toybullocks, and the fishing in winter. For the rest,they principally loaf and drink. At both theseemployments they are hard to beat. To return, however, to our first night in I was putting up the brancle, our Italian sub-stitute for camp-beds, I heard an ominous crack ;and sure enough, when I had got the thing fixedand sat upon it to try it, down it went. I slepton the ground that night—not the first time inmy lif
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