IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



PART I.— DALMATIA, 1894. 



CHAPTER I. 



I can hardly say what first turned our thoughts 

 towards the eastern shores of the Adriatic, but 

 of this I am sure, that two years elapsed from 

 the time that the word " Dalmatia " was first 

 mentioned between us, until that at which our 

 plan took a concrete form. The next allusion 

 either of us made to the province — I beg its 

 pardon, the kingdom — was when I discovered in 

 a German sporting paper, Der IVeidmann, that the 

 shooting there was entirely free. This naturally 

 strengthened my inclination towards it, even in 

 spite of the fact that the editor of the above- 

 named periodical, writing privately, said that the 

 sport was very indifferent. Unfortunately for 

 himself, he went on to give his reason for saying 

 so, which was that it was free. Now, I have 

 in the past enjoyed, and hope in the future to 



