40 IN THE LAND OF THE BOKA. 



I told them I presumed four had died a natural 

 death, but that I knew one had died a violent one, 

 and very poor eating he was. When camp was 

 pitched, a small water-barrel was placed in the 

 chapel, and our Crusoe-like existence commenced. 

 It had many advantages, first and foremost being 

 the privacy. Then the bathing was much better, 

 the water near our last camp having been both 

 shallow and rocky. There were still, however, 

 more sea-urchins than might have been wished. 

 The sea-water, as it is everywhere in Dalmatia, 

 was clear and delicious, and as it is particularly 

 rich in iodine, the bathing is most beneficial. 



The first day, as usual, was consumed in little 

 else than arranging our new camp ; but on the 

 following one I went off to the mainland by the 

 milk-boat, and walked over to the lake. I did 

 not, however, succeed in getting a shot ; and it was 

 rather tantalizing, after wading up to my thighs 

 for half an hour in the vain hope of getting a 

 chance from behind some clumps of reeds at a 

 duck, to be met by a Morlak with five nice widgeon 

 for sale, shot, he said, on the marshes, and no 

 doubt by flighting on the marshes at daybreak or 

 at dusk — a process for which I had not time, and, 

 moreover, one not unlikely, in summer, to result 

 in an attack of fever. Now, I am like the French- 

 man, who, when asked to go out hunting, replied, 

 "I've been." I have had fever and ague, of 



