. Travels and politics in the Near East. fthe famous Valley of Roses, whence Western Europederives so large a part of its most delicious , we made elaborate preparations for the fourdays driving and riding, which a visit to the Shipkainvolves. We laid in ample supplies in the shape oftinned meats, and secured the services of an excellentdriver, by name Georgi, who spoke Greek as well asBulgarian, and acted as a servant when not attending tohis horses. We started from Philippopolis at half-past fivein the morning in one of those light victorias drawn bythree horses, known in
. Travels and politics in the Near East. fthe famous Valley of Roses, whence Western Europederives so large a part of its most delicious , we made elaborate preparations for the fourdays driving and riding, which a visit to the Shipkainvolves. We laid in ample supplies in the shape oftinned meats, and secured the services of an excellentdriver, by name Georgi, who spoke Greek as well asBulgarian, and acted as a servant when not attending tohis horses. We started from Philippopolis at half-past fivein the morning in one of those light victorias drawn bythree horses, known in Bulgaria as a payfoii—an obvious 441 Travels and Politics corruption of the ordinary word phaeton. We crossedthe yellow IVIarica at a rattHng pace, and were soon trav-ersing the vast plain which stretches between the chain ofRhodope and the advance guard of the Balkan we drove along we met groups of peasants clad in thebrown suits and black sheepskin caps of the country, anddriving their lumbering wains into town. Nothing can. ^*9&S:tl
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