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enough to eat, however coarse our food might be ; 

 and not to grumble much if there should be a 

 deficiency. 



Prompted by a love of adventure, we determined 

 to run all risks of encounters with the Albanians, 

 and in order to afford as little inducement as 

 possible to predatory attacks, we took merely a 

 change of clothes and no heavy baggage of any 

 description, contenting ourselves with a thick 

 quilt each to lie upon, and a pea-jacket to defend 

 us from the thunder showers. We took, however, 

 the precaution of providing ourselves with a 

 sufficient stock of food to last us as far as Janina, 

 where we knew we should be able to obtain a 

 further supply. 



Having hired four horses, that is, one for each 

 of us, and the fourth for the baggage, which, 

 light as it was, must be carried, we proceeded to 

 Delvino, where we slept. On our way thither, 

 we were much surprised at finding the plain over 

 which we passed exceedingly well cultivated ; 

 corn, Indian corn, and rice, growing in great 

 abundance ; all the hard work being done by the 

 Greek women, who, indeed, throughout Albania, 

 are considered the beasts of burthen. 



