IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 65 



took a few walks with gun and dogs, I did not 

 find the game worth the candle. 



The officers of one of her Majesty's ships once 

 gave great offence to the good people of Sydney 

 (N.S.W.) by posting up the following notice at 

 the head of the ship's ladder one day they were 

 entertaining the citizens: "We have seen your 

 zigzag railway, and we consider your harbour 

 very beautiful." In the same way the visitor to 

 Sebenico will save himself much trouble and 

 lingual fatigue by putting in his hat, "I have 

 been to the Krka Falls," for it is the answer to 

 the first question everybody you meet is sure 

 to ask you. 



The reader must not suppose, from the above, 

 that I propose to disparage these well-known falls, 

 although I am not prepared to endorse the remark 

 of an enthusiastic citizen that they were the finest 

 in Europe. Moreover, if they were, Europe is not 

 much of a continent for waterfalls. 



In order to see the cascade, one must go from 

 Sebenico up the northern arm of the harbour. 

 The most economical and rapid way is by dili- 

 gence, which only costs fifteenpence each way. 

 We, not being at Sebenico to start with, fell back 

 on our Dalmatian hansom, the fishing-boat. The 

 harbour continues to narrow, till all at once it 

 turns sharp round to the right and expands into 

 the lake of Prokljan. This lake is really more 



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