IV 



ON THE ROAD IN THE 

 HERZEGOVINA 



XT OT many years ago a paper on the 

 ^ roads of the Herzegovina would 



have been of a similar nature to the oft- 

 quoted one on Icelandic snakes, ''There 

 are no snakes in Iceland." But the Austrian 

 occupation of this Turkish province, which 

 will soon complete its fourth lustre, has to a 

 certain extent changed all that. At least, 

 there are not a great many roads yet ; not, 

 indeed, nearly as many as are urgently 



