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The expense of the journey to Trieste can be 

 readily ascertained at any London tourist office. 

 From Trieste to Zara the fare is about 7s. 6d. first 

 class. The local steamer fares are low, about a 

 penny a mile being the average first-class charge. 

 As for sailing-boats, there is of course no fixed 

 tariff. A large fishing-boat, with two men, who 

 will assist to strike and re-pitch the tent, should 

 cost about a florin (Is. Sd.) for every four miles ; 

 that is to say, they should go twenty miles for five 

 florins. Though this may seem a high price for so 

 cheap a country, it must be remembered that a 

 foul wind may cause them to lose two days' work, 

 or even more. 



A woman or lad to wash up, scour cooking- 

 utensils, fetch water, and run errands is liberally 

 paid with twenty-five hreutzer (here called soldi, 

 by the way), or 5d. a day. This would be for 

 about an hour's work in the morning, and as much 

 again in the evening. In each of the above cases 

 a fixed bargain beforehand is absolutely necessary — 

 a remark which applies to most transactions with 

 the natives. 



Living is, as I have before said, remarkably 

 cheap, with the exception, perhaps, of white bread, 

 which, however, cannot be obtained in the smaller 

 places. 



The following table was compiled by my wife in 

 Northern Dalmatia, and may be taken as a guide 



