Travels in Southeastern Europe

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

I56 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. not know what to do. If he tells the good Turk 'to go, the house may be burnt down next day.' When I left, three friends-smart young fellows, with guns and sporting dogs-were occupying the best room. We met many such on our journey. Then the Christians said: 'To-day we dare not gather firewood; the Turks are out on a huntingparty. They would shoot us, and say it was an accident.' But I heard of no such thing taking place. On the shores of the lake I was promised a wonderful sight; it was the one great sight of the neighbourhood-the hoof-prints of Marko's horse! Did I know about Marko? He was once a great King, and he rode upon a winged horse. Marko Kraljevich, the brave and greatly-admired hero of the Servian ballads, who was the last Serb ruler of this district (fourteenth century), was not forgotten. Christian and Moslem alike knew of his exploits. It was a fine wild scene-fit background for a mediaeval warrior on a winged steed-and the fact that the marks bore no resemblance to hoof-prints was of no moment, for Sharatz was a magic horse. We scrambled by a stony mountain-track to Nivitza, a wretched little fishing village on the other side of the lake. The people here had fled to the island of Grad during the insurrection, so had escaped; but the village had been robbed, their fishing-tackle destroyed, they had an outbreak of small-pox, and were in great distress. It was a miserable hole of a place, but possessed a large new church that was
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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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