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at Eagusa and Cattaro. This I was loth to do, 

 as I hoped to be able to carry out my camping- 

 tour in the spring. So we decided finally to 

 winter at Mostar, where I had letters of intro- 

 duction, and see something of the sport to be 

 found in the Administered Provinces. 



We remained a week longer at Fort Opus, 

 waiting to receive warmer clothing, for which 

 we had written, and boots. The former was a 

 necessity, as, though the town of Mostar is only 

 a hundred feet higher than the old fort at Gradina, 

 the climate is very different. As to the latter, 

 one needs to go to Dalmatia to see how boots 

 go there. The rocks cut them to pieces in no 

 time, unless they are of the very best of leather. 

 I have previously had occasion to recommend 

 the Wye boots made by Hattons of Hereford. 

 Well, these were the only ones which stood the 

 work here at all, and right glad was I to receive 

 a fresh supply before leaving Dalmatia. 



All the steamers which leave Fort Opus for 

 Metkovic do so in the afternoon, and only on 

 Tuesday is there any true connection with the 

 train service beyond. Now, as it was this very 

 Tuesday boat which brought the things for which 

 we were waiting, we were naturally unable to 

 go by it, and consequently were obliged to spend 

 a night at Metkovic. 



We left Fort Opus on the Wednesday evening 



