250 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



Although I am perhaps somewhat anticipating, 

 I may here mention another and very agreeable 

 feature of the Jezero camp, i.e. the number of 

 visitors we had. From first to last I think the 

 whole of the Nevesinje garrison visited us, and 

 most of the ladies. On several occasions large 

 parties came out and spent the day, and one 

 officer brought out his tents and stayed a week. 

 Then we had one or two short visits from friends 

 in Mostar, and altogether the time was less dull 

 for E than at our next camp. 



Once the camp was comfortably settled, I pro- 

 ceeded to endeavour to locate the chamois, against 

 whom I had promised myself an active campaign 

 as soon as the season should open ; and here it 

 may perhaps be as well that I should give the 

 reader some idea of the ground, which, being 

 within my reach, I might reasonably expect to 

 hunt. Assuming, first of all, that the main cliffs 

 ran in a very roughly straight line, and the bulk of 

 the ground below them was one moraine and mass 

 of loose rocks and stones, I proceed to deal with 

 any conspicuous natural features. First of all, 

 beginning at the Nevesinje end, was the long ridge 

 I have already spoken of. This ran right to and 

 up the main cliff, which I believe might be scaled 

 at this point, though I always funked it, not seeing 

 how I should get down again. About five furlongs 

 further on the main cliff ran out in an elbow, and 



