198 A DILIGENCE DRIVE 



Our way ran up stream, generally between 

 railroad and river, but we crossed the 

 former once or twice. At last we reached 

 the spot where the Rama enters the 

 Narenta. This spot is memorable as the 

 place where liv^ed the last Bogumiles — 

 that strange sect which opened the way to 

 these provinces for the Turk. Here we 

 parted company with the railway line. 



The traveller who is not familiar with 

 some of the less accessible beauties of 

 these provinces, the Sujeska Valley, the 

 Drina, or the Upper Narenta, may well 

 doubt if they can show anything to sur- 

 pass the Rama Valley, along which our 

 road now lay. At the end of an hour 

 or so we stopped at a wayside trough to 

 water the cattle. This was done by first 

 letting the leaders drink, and then taking 



