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were much too indolent. These things were 

 only to be had by sending for them, and then at 

 double prices. Milk certainly we got from the 

 shepherdesses for a time, and then they said " a 

 man " had forbidden it. I never could learn 

 who our mysterious boycotter was, but came 

 to the conclusion that my presence interfered 

 with somebody's poaching operations. As for 

 getting any help from the peasantry, as we had 

 done in Dalmatia, that was quite impossible. It 

 is true one of them built us a hut, which, primarily 

 intended for our servant to sleep in, afterwards 

 was used solely as a kitchen ; but it was not very 

 well done, and we had to pay pretty dearly for it. 



One improvement in our camps this year was 

 a camp-stove. This came all the way from 

 Illinois, U.S.A., and simply was the blessing 

 of our lives. No more trouble of camp fires as 

 last year, and no more tears called forth by 

 pungent wood-smoke. We could cook half a 

 dozen things at once, or even bake bread, with 

 no trouble at all ; and we never grudged the 

 trouble and expense to which we had been put 

 getting it all that distauce. A proi^os of baking, 



I shall never forget how I laughed when E 



found a dachshund curled up on the cloth 

 which covered the dough which had been put 

 down to rise. I am afraid the fact that he 

 exactly fitted the pan did not save him frorn 



