112 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



CHAPTEK XIV. 



Next morning — a beautiful day, by the way — I 

 proceeded to look out for a place in which to 

 camp. It was obvious that the marshy country 

 by the river was utterly unsuitable for pitching 

 the tent on, so I turned to the higher ground. 

 The difficulty, however, was this, that the Dalma- 

 tian hills here, as almost everywhere else, were 

 waterless. Let me try to give the reader an idea 

 of the country. Eoughly speaking, Opuzen, to 

 give the place its Slav name, is the centre of a 

 circle of bare hills enclosing an immense swamp. 

 Besides the main and navigable river, there are 

 other streams, which meet close to the village 

 somewhat in the shape of a ^. The lower line 

 represents the steamer channel. At right angles 

 to this runs the little Narenta, trending off to the 

 right. This is not an affluent, but a secondary 

 mouth, and runs into the sea near Oke. A furlong 

 to the south of the little town it is swelled by a 

 deep stream — the left-hand line — which is made 

 up of three or four more which drain the eastern 

 marsh. 



