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CHAPTER XXVI. 



We had now to learn what a vast difference, 

 from a camping point of view, there is between 

 Dalmatia and the Herzegovina — or I should rather 

 say the Velez, for after we left this range things 

 went much more pleasantly. It is true that 

 there is one point of resemblance, and that is 

 the difficulty of getting a camp site with good 

 water — that is to say, away from the Narenta 

 and its tributaries. Wood, such a difficulty in 

 Dalmatia, is none here. The sport of the Herze- 

 govina is, of course, far superior to that of 

 Dalmatia. 



It is, however, in the intercourse with the 

 natives in which the principal difference lies. A 

 more idle, disobliging lot than those at Lakat it 

 would be hard to find. They have a very good 

 idea of fleecing the foreigner, and if he will not 

 be fleeced he will not be served. For instance, 

 I knew that the tariff for a messenger to Nevesmje 

 was half a florin. I, of course, alwaj^s had to pay 

 double that. On one occasion I wanted to ride 

 into Nevesmje, the usual charge for a horse for 



