340 IN THE LAND OF THE BORA. 



before ray visit. Still, the Wachtmeister com- 

 manding the gendarmerie post told me that all 

 the summer a " sounder " of pig had been using 

 the hill of Chepa, a fairly high ridge in the 

 angle below the confluence of the Kakitnica and 

 Narenta ; so on the 20th of October I started 

 off in search thereof. I had strong hopes of being 

 able to do some good, because for the first time 

 the tent was that morning covered with snow. 

 In the sequel my hopes of gaining assistance from 

 tracks were disappointed. The night had been 

 bitter, but we felt it little, except that once or 

 twice I woke up to pile faggots up in our invalu- 

 able stove. 



At Kasici, the second village down the river, 

 we stopped to obtain local information. I had 

 been advised to make use of an old Turk, by 

 name Fezo Zaklan, erstwhile a mighty hunter, 

 so we made our way to his house. In answer to 

 Duran's shouts, he asked us to come in. This was 

 my first introduction to a Mohammedan village 

 interior. The old man was huddled together by 

 the fire on a settle, on to the foot of which the 

 water from the melting snow was dripping. (Lest 

 this should be taken as a sign of extreme poverty, 

 I must add that on a later visit I found the roof 

 under repair.) Opposite him was another settle 

 forming a chest, and this, with a couple of low 

 stools and some household implements, formed 



