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wanted ; but those that there are, are well 

 graded, and provided with bridges and 

 culverts where necessary. It is true that 

 they are quite without parapets, and as the 

 bulk of them wind alono- hillsides this is a 

 fruitful cause of smashes. But one can't 

 have everything in eighteen years, and the 

 traffic that goes out of a walk is very 

 limited. 



The principal and, as I suppose, the 

 oldest, of these new roads is that which 

 follow^s the river Narenta more or less up 

 from its mouth at Mekovic, through the 

 capital, Mostar, and then to Konjica, where 

 it enters Bosnia, and terminates at the 

 Bosnian capital, Bosna Serai, or, as it has 

 been called of recent years, Sarajevo. This 

 is certainly an excellent road, though, of 

 course, it is pretty well collar work all the 



