106 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



day first) this scheme is carried out, the Trieste 

 will be the right ship in the right place. But, 

 unfortunately, Dalmatia will then be no longer 

 worth visiting. 



Fresh surprises were in store for us before our 

 tour of the ship was over. I can only recommend 

 those persons who at any future period may con- 

 template travelling by the Trieste, not to incur 

 the expense of first-class fares ; for surely hand- 

 painted saloon and smoking-room, together with 

 yacht-fitted cabins and berths equal to the first- 

 class, are good enough for anybody, and these 

 things all form part of her second-class accom- 

 modation. 



Meanwhile, as the Austrian Lloyd Company 

 seem to be striving after something better, may a 

 humble passenger be allowed to suggest that it is 

 not everybody who has been educated to eat half 

 a dozen courses at noon? When we mildly de- 

 clined dinner at such an abnormal hour we were 

 at once relegated to a very back place in the chief 

 steward's estimation. (By the way, where do the 



accessible can show. I cannot too often repeat that Dalmatia 

 is not, per se, an interesting country. The charm of travelling 

 there lies in the fact that one is plunged at once into the last 

 century, and this with absolute security to person and property, 

 as would not be the case in her otherwise more interesting 

 neighbour Albania. This and other reasons to which I have 

 referred, or shall refer further on, make it the country of all 

 others for the camper-out. 



