. Travels and politics in the Near East. g a uniform. The next Austrian post, Gotovusa, isin a less desolate situation than its predecessor and com-mands fine views of the mountains. The neighbourhoodseems also to have considerable botanical merits, for theofficer in command there politely handed two elaboratebouquets of wild flowers to the ladies of my party,which he had specially prepared for them. Like hiscomrade at Boljanic, he declared that he never felt dull,for he studied a great deal and was a great naturalist. 190 in the Near East Certainly his spirits did not seem to have suffered fr
. Travels and politics in the Near East. g a uniform. The next Austrian post, Gotovusa, isin a less desolate situation than its predecessor and com-mands fine views of the mountains. The neighbourhoodseems also to have considerable botanical merits, for theofficer in command there politely handed two elaboratebouquets of wild flowers to the ladies of my party,which he had specially prepared for them. Like hiscomrade at Boljanic, he declared that he never felt dull,for he studied a great deal and was a great naturalist. 190 in the Near East Certainly his spirits did not seem to have suffered fromhis temporary isolation. Here, too, in the midst of ourconversation the telephone began to tick, and a messagearrived from the last station to know if we were there,followed by another to the same effect from Plevlje. Itwas obvious, therefore, that even in the wilds of the Sand-zak the whereabouts of the traveller could be ascertainedat any moment by means of the telephone ; and whenduring our visit the telegraph wire was found on one. (From a Iliolo. by Miss Vliadicuk.) occasion to have been cut by some mischievous person,the precise spot where the telegraphic communicationhad been broken was speedily ascertained by meansof the telephone. It is of course, from a military pointof view, essential that these advanced posts should beconnected with Bosnia. After Gotovusa we descendedrapidly, and after crossing the Appel Bridge wesaw the towers of the Plevlje aqueduct and arrived atthe comfortable rooms provided for strangers in theofficers quarters. 191 Travels and Politics The town of Plevlje, or Taslidza, to give it its Turkishname, is by far the most important of the three pointsoccupied by the Austrians, and even in Roman times wasthe site of a considerable settlement known as Sapua,which w^as connected by a road with the Adriatic , which has greatly grown since the Occupation,consists of two entirely distinct parts—the Austrian can-tonments on the sl
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