Travels in Southeastern Europe

The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.

114 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. At five next morning I slopped through mud ankle-deep, with a man and a lantern which only made the darkness blacker, tumbled up against a sleepy sentry, and scrambled up a slippery bank to the station, where a stout and good-natured Jew insisted on standing me a cup of salep. It is a treacly drink made of a species of orchis-root, and was, I believe, a popular drink in England before the days of tea and coffee. Beyond being wet and warm it had no attractions. Christmas Day dawned marvellously in a blaze of gold over purple mountains, but quickly faded into gray dulness. I spent it wedged between Turkish officers, for the ladies' coupe said it was full, which was a lie, and hurt my feelings. So along a picketed line all down the Vardar River, with no friendly and amusing Gavros and Bogdans to talk to, and over the dull, dull plain till we reached Salonika uneventfully. 'To-day,' remarked the hotel porter with the air of someone imparting information-' to-day is a feast-day of the Catholics I ' Greece put in a claim but a few days. later for the bishopric, Bulgaria eyed the spot enviously, but the precedent instituted was followed, and Skoplje's new Bishop is Serb.
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The burden of the Balkans / by M. Edith Durham.
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Durham, Mary Edith, 1863-1944.
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London :: Nelson,
[1905]
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Eastern question (Balkan)
Balkan Peninsula -- Description and travel.

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