84 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



Spalatro at half-past four on the morning of the 

 22nd of September by the Austrian Lloyd steamer 

 Messina. 



Her first port of call was San Pietro, in the 

 island of Brazza. This is, if not in actual measure- 

 ment the largest of the Dalmatian islands, the 

 most considerable, because it is compact, whilst 

 Lessina and Curzola are narrow strips. It is 

 probably also the most uninteresting. From San 

 Pietro the steamer turned back at an acute angle, 

 and in less than an hour the steward knocked at 

 the cabin door, and said, " Nearing Almissa, sir." 



