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under water. Assuming them to have been con- 

 structed near the sea-level of those days, this 

 would give at least a score of feet of sub- 

 sidence ; and putting them back to the first years 

 of our era, this would give a foot a century — a very 

 respectable rate, but probably an under-estimate 

 nevertheless. 



AVe found the heat here very great, as, indeed, 

 it had been for the two previous days (August 27 

 and 28), and, strange to say, there was very little 

 wind. In England we are accustomed to remark 

 upon the circumstance of its being a windy day ; 

 but in Dalmatia we ask, " What wind is it 

 to-day?" and the answer is nearly always bora, 

 scirocco, or mistral, as the case may be. However, 

 at noon on the 29th, the wind got up, and we 

 had nothing more to complain of in the way of 

 want thereof, for at midnight the bora became most 

 furious, so much so as to wake us up. But, 

 although after this sleep was but fitful, the tent 

 stood well till daylight, when I went round and over- 

 hauled all the tent-pegs. I found several of them 

 much in need of attention, but no harm was done. 

 The gale raged hard that day, and the next night 

 it was worse than ever. A better test of the 

 stability of the tent could not be desired. Friday 

 saw little or no cessation of the wind, and we both 

 began to get decidedly sick of this state of things. 



Nor was this all. E complained sadly of 



