218 IX THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



It has been conjectured that it covers the resting- 

 place of the first Mahometan Brankovic. The 

 family still exists. 



Only one of all these tombs is known to have 

 a date, and is at Visegrad. On it is sculptured an 

 arm holding a sword, and a bow and arrow, the 

 former indicating the warrior, the latter proving 

 he was also a sportsman. This is the inscription : 

 " + Q (Died in the year 1000). Here lies Joseph, 

 the son of Joseph Nosako, with his mother Eose." 

 The two marks which give the Q its numerical 

 value are wanting, but this is probably a clerical 

 error. 



Speculation is generally idle, but one cannot 

 help wondering whether, if Bogumilism had sur- 

 vived to our day, it would have sunk to the level 

 of the gross superstitions which pass as Chris- 

 tianity, Eastern and Western, in the Herzegovina. 



