66 ON THE ROAD 



English saddle with me. After a few days 

 of the other sort I preferred to walk ; and 

 did so. 



Although one may be on a track which 

 is almost undiscernlble among the rocks, 

 if it is one that joins two centres of any 

 importance we shall meet plenty of traffic. 

 As a rule, the passers-by consist of peasants, 

 with a pack-horse or two. The men are 

 gaily dressed in brown jackets, braided with 

 red, red waistcoats, blue breeches, and red 

 leggings. All wear fez or turbans, and 

 round their loins is a sash, green if they are 

 Turks, red if they are Christians. The 

 women are always in white, their home- 

 made woollen dresses being turned back and 

 fastened behind to show the breeches of 

 similar material. The pack-saddle of the 

 country is peculiar to our ideas, for It comes 



