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gendarmes. These precautions are practically 

 no longer necessary, but, of course, their dis- 

 continuance is difficult As for the vehicle 

 itself, in summer it is a low open cha7'-a-banc 

 with an awning and side-curtains, and in 

 winter a coach body with low driver's seat in 

 front, and one behind for guard and escort. 

 Rarely we may meet a waggon, or the 

 carriage of some civilian on his rounds, but, 

 as a rule, the only thing we shall pass will 

 be pack-animals. To these I must return 

 presently. One district there is, indeed, 

 where an especial form of vehicle is to be 

 found, but there are no roads there, only the 

 roughest tracks. 1 refer to the ox-waggons 

 of the Nevesinjskopolje, a tableland some 

 three thousand feet high, almost in the centre 

 of the country. These waggons are the 

 roughest home-made affairs possible. The 



