Travels in Southeastern Europe

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

362 THE BURDEN OF THE BALKANS. stands on the river Drin, which I looked at with interest, for it rises in Lake Ochrida, but it is here a shrunken, dwindled Drin. In 1858 it suddenly forced for itself a new caannel, and the mass of its waters now pour into the Bojana just below Skodra, and, by blocking the current of water from the lake, causes dire floods every winter. Beyond the river is a church and monastery, Of the old cathedral nothing remains, and the site of Skenderbeg's grave is unknown. All that remains of the Venetian occupation is the ruined citadel on the hill above. A sprinkling of houses and a wretched little bazar make up all there is of Alessio now. A gendarme came up and hailed me in Serb: 'How is thy sister, and hast thou made many pictures this year? I know thee well. Every year dost thou come to Skodra.' He was going with some others to try and collect taxes, but did not think they would get much. 'Ah, if thou didst but know my fatherland! I come from X —.' I knew it. He was delighted. If I had only seen his brother and his 'stara maika' (old mother)! ' Knowest thou, when the Austrians came I was a boy. People told me it would be much better with the Turks. I did not know. I was a fool. My brother stayed with our mother, and I came to the Turks. Two years ago I went back "kod nas" to see my stara maika. Now the town is very beau
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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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