IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 35 



CHAPTER Y. 



Pakostane is utterly unprovided with the neces- 

 saries of life. Even water is not to be had, and 

 we were beholden to the priest for a supply from 

 his tank of rain-water. Not being able to get 

 any supplies locally, I had to go to Zaravecchia 

 the morning after our arrival, to lay in stores — 

 bread, meat, and other necessaries. Fortunately 

 for me, the priest was driving to San Filippo, which 

 lies beyond, so I got a lift there. As, however, he 

 was to be away all day, I had to walk back, and six 

 miles in that heat — it was past noon when I re- 

 turned — I found quite enough, especially with a 

 heavy load in my rucksack. Zaravecchia, though 

 a place of great antiquity — it is the Biograd of the 

 Croatian kings, and was destroyed by the Vene- 

 tians in the year 1127 — is entirely without interest, 

 and is nowadays only a large village with some 

 coasting trade. 



In the afternoon the priest sent us his boat, 

 and after a bathe off it I felt fit enough. We 

 then sailed to a neighbouring rocky islet, where 

 there were some rabbits, which, however, did not 



