. Salonica and after : the sideshow that ended the war / with a foreword by Sir George Milne . y afternoon of mid-July is not the time to travelalong the Langaza Valley. The wind that fans ourfaces has nothing fresh and invigorating in it, but islanguid and stifling. The dust whirls up from ourwheels and hangs in dense clouds behind us. With theexception of an occasional goatherd, there is not a soulto be seen. The earth is one monotonous dun khakicolour. The short, burnt grass is alive with shrilling,leaping grasshoppers. Theirs is the predominant noiseby day. The hoarse croaking of frogs fil
. Salonica and after : the sideshow that ended the war / with a foreword by Sir George Milne . y afternoon of mid-July is not the time to travelalong the Langaza Valley. The wind that fans ourfaces has nothing fresh and invigorating in it, but islanguid and stifling. The dust whirls up from ourwheels and hangs in dense clouds behind us. With theexception of an occasional goatherd, there is not a soulto be seen. The earth is one monotonous dun khakicolour. The short, burnt grass is alive with shrilling,leaping grasshoppers. Theirs is the predominant noiseby day. The hoarse croaking of frogs fills the air atnight. These are the two voices of Macedonia insummer time. At the further end of Lake Beshik we come acrossa lonely signal station, and decide that it is time foran early tea. The sapper who appears out of the littletelegraph hut provides us with some hot water, butthe beverage as drunk out of an enamelled iron mugis somehow not inviting. The mug is hot, and the teais hot, and the world generally is sizzling. As we sitin the car we are baked and fried alive. It hui-ts the 112. British Transport in Macedonia :A typical road on a summer day. I TWO BALKAN DAYS—JANUARY AND JULY eyes to look at the track. The glint of polished metalon the car dazzles like the blinding flash of realise that our host at Stavros was right and thatthere is no sense in being abroad m such weather—even in a motor car—unless imperative necessitydemands it. It is a wise rule which enjoins on thewhole army to rise at five, get as much work as Ispossible done before eleven, and rest during the bakinghours between twelve and five in the afternoon. We look down a shelving slope at the blue waters ofthe lake, and the temptation is too much to be be baked in the car when we can splash about inthat! We take the car as near as possible to the edge,undress, and walk carefully over the stones and sandto the lake. But we keep our sun helmets on, and soattired take to the w
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