224 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



every gun. The centre showed the ground, the 

 twenty-six different posts heing indicated, by 

 numbers, with an index of names on the right 

 side. At the top of the plan ran a line of pre- 

 cipitous cliffs, forming the edge of the beat. 

 Next to these was the Archduke, then his 

 chamberlain, the generals of the Mostar garrison, 

 prefect, and sub-prefect. The remainder of the 

 first line was made up of seven more guns; the 

 second line, equally strong, was some distance 

 behind the first. Besides this, the spots where 

 bears had been shot in recent years were indicated 

 by crosses — thirteen of them, of which six were 

 at the stands allotted to the Archduke and his 

 chamberlain. The position of the right-hand gun 

 of the first line adjoined the hillock known (but 

 only of recent years) as Medjedi Kuk, the Bear's 

 Peak. On the left-hand side of the paper were 

 the simple rules for the shoot, which ran : (1) 

 Only bears to be shot at ; (2) no shooting except 

 directly to the front or rear allowed; (3) the 

 allotted posts not be exchanged without per- 

 mission. 



Nothing remained but to watch the weather, 

 which, however, remained bright and fine. On 

 the Tuesday evening the Archduke arrived. I 

 don't think Englishmen can ever really get used 

 to the peep-of-day hours affected by continental 

 sportsmen. In this case the bears — if there were 



