316 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



the other hills have dense vegetation right up to 

 their rocky peaks. The banks are diversified by 

 endless streams, which dash down from the hill- 

 sides to join the Narenta, each forming a romantic 

 glen. On the sunny side of one of these I came 

 across a couple of small vineyards, but they did 

 not look very promising. The elevation, say 1300 

 to 3000 feet, is no doubt too great. Narrow as 

 the valley is, it does not prevent one's obtaining 

 glimpses here and there of the higher hills which 

 stand back from it, such as the Osobac (over 6600 

 feet) and the Ledjenice, which we had passed on 

 our march. 



The day after our arrival, after a longish search 

 up the river, we finally selected as a site for our 

 camp the toe of the horseshoe before referred to. 

 Although we were not a hundred yards from the 

 mosque, a screen of scrub and bushes ensured com- 

 plete privacy, whilst on the other side we had the 

 river within five yards, but, as I imagined, suffi- 

 ciently below us in case of a "fresh," as we say 

 on the Wye. The vegetation down here was of 

 course very different from that of the Velez, and, 

 sitting in the tent watching the river flowing past 

 behind the alders, one was irresistibly reminded of 

 house-boating on the Thames. But here were no 

 crowds of boats to enliven the scene ; only flocks 

 of sheep and goats, or pack-horses filing along the 

 tracks cut on the opposite limestone cliff. Or it 



