Travels in Southeastern Europe

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

OCHRIDA. a Christian rising will drive them to great lengths in order to suppress it. It is indeed a wonder that any Christian village was left standing. If they cannot get what they want at the depot, my 'golden sisters' track me to the hospital, and appear as out-patients. They say they have a pain. When this statement breaks down under the doctor's examination, they say it is not the ' hakim' they want, but ' madama'; they have a ticket for flour, and my servant has refused to give them any. They shout, cry, and all talk at once. An examination of their tickets shows that a week ago they received flour for a month. They must wait for three more bazar days. This has already been explained to them at the depot, but we explain it all over again. They begin again: 'Listen, my golden sister: I have a ticket for flour, but your servant will not give it to me.' More explanations; but you might as well argue with a cow. Before you have finished speaking they begin again: 'My golden sister, I have come for flour,' etc. After three or four more explanations I tell them to go. They squat on the ground, and prepare to spend the day. They admit that they have plenty of flour at home, but they know we have flour in the depot, so they mean to have more; and there they squat, and begin again every time I pass, till it is time to return to their village. Their slow-wittedness and inability to grasp a new idea is almost incredible, their dogged obsti
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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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