92 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



crossing has to be made in an open ferry-boat. 

 The unfinished road winds along the banks of the 

 river, passing always alongside of, and sometimes 

 under, gigantic barren crags. About three miles up 

 the Cettina it makes a sharp bend to the northward, 

 and several reeded and wooded islets come into 

 view. At this point, and indeed at several places 

 on this road, the Dalmatian stream has more than 

 a suggestion of some of the wilder Derbyshire 

 rivers. Four miles from its mouth is all that can 

 be travelled by boat, for then comes the first 

 mill-dam. This mill is considered quite a show 

 place by the good people of Almissa, though to our 

 ideas the buildings are a bit cockneyfied. There 

 are, however, some noble trees, and the whole 

 has a pleasing aspect, especially to eyes satiated 

 with Dalmatian barrenness. 



The weather was not kindly to us during our 

 stay at Almissa, and, as will appear hereafter, it 

 kept us there twice the time we had intended. 

 The first week, however, we had more fine days 

 than wet ; but when the rain did come it came in 

 the shape of thunderstorms, which, however grand, 

 are a decided nuisance in camp. One that we had 

 was simply terrific. The lightning seemed to leap 

 from crag to crag, whilst the thunder shook the 

 peaks above us, and made sleep almost impossible. 

 Sure enough, next morning a large clean patch 

 on the face of the weather-worn rock behind us 



