70 ON THE ROAD 



better-class horses, which, under the double 

 influence of the murderous bit and of the 

 corners of the shovel-stirrup, carry them- 

 selves smartly enough. Although deprived 

 of his arms, the Turk (so the Mahometan 

 Slav is always called here) still looks 

 unmistakably the lord of the country. His 

 carnage and bearing are confident and 

 haughty, but I found them very good 

 fellows, and more pleasant to deal with than 

 the Christians ; though I have know^n the 

 two combine to get to windward of the 

 stranger." 



I quote the above lines from my own 

 book. In the Land of the Boj^a, because I 

 think it fairly describes the only familiar 

 object of the road I have not referred to 

 before. I think I have made it pretty clear 

 that the Herzegovina is not yet, at all events, 



