Travels in Southeastern Europe

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

298 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. always very steep up or very steep down. Wherever it wa not rough stone that had to be climbed, it was soppy clay that lhad to be waded. The mules had repeatedly to be hauled out of mud-holes by their tails. The zaptiehs were extremely kind to me, but I got into great difficulties with them, as their idea of getting me over a bad place was to grip me by both hands and leap wildly, without giving me time to get a footing or see where I was flying to. Then we landed anywhere all of a heap, When this happened on a sort of shelf of wet rock and mud overhanging the raging river I had to yell to my guide, who was struggling along another shelf, to tell them to let me pick my own way, and turn their attention to the beasts. AU things come to an end in time, We emerged from the gorge, were on level ground again, reached the Shushitza, a tributary of the Viosa, and crossed it by a brand-new stone bridge. I don't think I was ever so surprised to see anything. Down came the rain in torrents we rushed into the han alongside-.; a highly superior han, which supplied not only maiz bread but excellent olives, plenty of oil and rakija, off which we feasted gratefully, It poured for an hour, then the sun came out and we with it, We were told it was but three hours to Avlona, There was a splendid paved road-as good as anyone could desire-for nearly goo yards, and I felt most cheery. Then it gradually faded away; bushes at least six years old appeared in the middle of it, there came a sea of clay for a quarter of a mile, and
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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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