204 A DILIGENCE DRIVE 



level, and very cold I found it ; for I was 

 but lightly dressed, and the canvas walls 

 and roof of the concern provided but little 

 shelter against the nipping air. As a rule 

 I daresay the road w^e were following is 

 as lonesome as most others in Bosnia, but 

 it was quite otherwise this morning, and 

 every few minutes our sober vehicle had 

 to pull into the ditch in obedience to the 

 frantic shouts of the Turkish driver of 

 some ramshackle conveyance taking a 

 cargo of sportsmen to Kupres races. 

 Before long they had all left us behind, 

 and the ascent of a steep pass brought 

 our team to a walk. I jumped out and 

 walked on a bit till I had set my blood 

 in circulation once more ; and, alternately 

 trotting and walking up the serpentine 

 curves, we reached the top of the pass 



