216 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



of the common people, though more gradually, 

 did the same. No record of the date of the last 

 conversions exists, but the last Bogumilites are 

 said to have lived near Jablanica, where the 

 Kama joins the Narenta, and ultimately to have 

 become Mahometans. If any trace of this faith 

 exists to-day, it is in some of the customs, 

 ceremonies, and superstitions, which we find 

 among the Herzegovinian Turks. 



I now return to the inscriptions, which will be 

 more easily understood after reading this short 

 sketch of the sect. The two following translations 

 are from Ladjevina, near Eogatica. The first is on 

 an oblong block, 9 feet by 6 feet by 3i feet, and 

 reads from right to left, as follows : — 



" In the name of the Father, and the Son, and 

 the Holy Ghost. Here lies Vlatko Vladevic, who 

 had neither father, mother, son, brother, nor any 

 person, only his sin.* He travelled through many 

 countries, and died in his own house. His Voivode 

 Miotos and his allies erected this stone with the 

 help of God, and by the grace of the Duke Paul, 

 who buried Vlatko, calling on God." 



An adjoining stone, 8 feet long, 5 feet high, and 

 40 inches wide, reads : " In the name of the Father, 

 and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Here lies the 

 Voivode Miotos with his son Stiepko, at the feet 

 of his lord, Vlatko Vladjevic, whom he served 

 * I.e. his wife, according to Bogumilite ideas. 



