Through the lands of the Serb,

THROUGH THE LANDS OF THE SERB CHAPTER I CATTARO-NJEGUSHI-CETINJE I DO not know where the East proper begins, nor does it greatly matter, but it is somewhere on the farther side of the Adriatic, the island-studded coast which the Venetians once held. At any rate, as soon as you leave 'Trieste you touch the bubbling edge of the ever - simmering Eastern Question, and the unpopularity of the ruling German element is very obvious. "I - do -- not - speak - German," said a young officer laboriously, "I am Bocchese"; and as we approached the Bocche he emphasised the fact that he was a Slav returning to a Slav land. Party politics run high even on the steamboat. We awoke one morning to find the second-class saloon turned into a Herzegovinian camp, piled with gay saddlebags and rugs upon which squatted, crosslegged, a couple of families in full native costume, and the air was thick with the highly scented tobacco which the whole party smoked incessantly. The friendly steward, a Dalmatian Italian, whispered I

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

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