Through the lands of the Serb,

?! I '; I, CHAPTER XI I I V i, IA I I I I -, SMEDEREVO-SHABATZ-VALJEVO-UB-OBRENOVATZ SMEDEREVO from the Danube is a most impressive sight. A huge brick fortress surrounds the promontory with castellated walls and a long perspective of towers; a grand mediaeval building lying grim on the water's edge, a monument of Servia's death-struggle with the Turks. Built in I432 by George Brankovich, son of Vuk the traitor of Kosovo, it was Servia's last stronghold, and its makers, in defiance of the Crescent, built the Cross in red bricks into the wall where, now the tide of invasion has at last ebbed, you may still see it. And all the nineteen towers still stand. Having landed, and reflected that I could not escape for many hours, I walked up the main street and I prayed that the populace would prove friendly. It was - very. I had not gone far when I was marked by the policeman. He was much perturbed. He walked all round me at a very respectful distance, and discussed with everyone on the way what he had better do. Finally he came up and asked me in Servian, if I spoke it. " Very little," said I, and volunteered that I was English, which caused him to call up reinforcements. By this time a fair audience was collected, for the hope of seeing some one "run in " will gather a crowd anywhere. Having ascertained 151

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Title: Through the lands of the Serb,
Author: Durham, Mary E.
Canvas: Page 151
Publication: London,: E. Arnold,; 1904.
Subject terms: Montenegro -- Description and travel; Serbia -- Description and travel.

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